Did They Kill a Seagull in the Lighthouse?

No seagulls were harmed while filming this movie. The seagull scenes were filmed with a puppet, which was digitally replaced with real seagulls. The real birds were trained rescue seagulls named Lady, Tramp and Johnny.

Was the bird Real in the lighthouse?

Then, in post, we went to London and built some small sets and set pieces and redid the action with the trained seagulls, who were composited into the scenes.”

What does the seagull represent in the lighthouse?

Eggers twists the story around though. In The Lighthouse (2019), Prometheus manages to kill his God, but that act of violence costs him a life too. And the seagulls, while they could be understood in a slightly different way (which I will move onto next), symbolize Zeus' eagles.