walshie Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Not a great pic as only had my phone, but this kite dive bombed my dog a few times trying to nick his bone or pick some meat off it. The dog just looked bemused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpotttt Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 Stunning birds, only wish we had a few in my neck of the woods. It's strange how the spread of birds of prey changes. We have loads of Buzzards which is a relatively new thing as you would never come across any ten years ago. Good photo's from a phone. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I cant see the string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I did see one when shooting at Hallgarth, Horncastle this last season so they are moving up and there are quite a few around Stamford. We had a pair floating around here between Tamworth Staffs and Atherstone, Warwicks, but they seem to have moved on. When I had stalking down near Marlborough they would swoop down really close to you in a hgih seat to have a look, almost touching distance. Fantastic areo gymnasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 we saw a couple last year in Yorkshire, first time i had seen one, just abandoned the car and jumped out, again good pic with your phone. Quite a few buzzards round my way now, like watching them ride the thermals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fse10 Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Have loads of buzzards round near me in Essex which again is something you never saw a few years ago. I have only ever seen two kites down this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Whenever I start shooting locally the buzzards arrive as if they know that there will be a free meal around the edge of the field. When we walk the field at the end of the day you find some pigeons stripped to the bone. Now the question is do they suffer from lead shot ?? They do not seem to decrease in numbers so I think not and we never find buzzard carcasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Always leave a few titbits for buzzards, any tree rats or rabbits, that way they will not be looking at the pheasants or partridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose man Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 They made an appearance down Sussex way a couple of years ago , seen quite a few now . Buzzards have gone from seeing the occasional one to seeing whole family groups in the late summer .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouser Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Out on the foxes today, one of the lads spotted one ,fantastic bird it followed us around for about 5mins, I thought it was a buzzard,until he pointed out the difference, it was up near Oswestry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 20/03/2018 at 13:33, philpotttt said: Stunning birds, only wish we had a few in my neck of the woods. It's strange how the spread of birds of prey changes. We have loads of Buzzards which is a relatively new thing as you would never come across any ten years ago. Good photo's from a phone. Phil And in another ten years you will be wishing you had never seen one. These raptors all have to feed on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted March 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 We have a pair of buzzards living in the woods and they produce a youngster each year. The kite is a new visitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemFandango Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Grandalf said: And in another ten years you will be wishing you had never seen one. These raptors all have to feed on something. zzzzzzzzzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 2 hours ago, ClemFandango said: zzzzzzzzzz hello, yes unfortunately around here its partridge chicks with the Buzzards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Red Kites are more common than seagulls round my way, literally. There was a release programme locally some years back, and they have thrived ever since. From high ground with binos if you scan around you'd see at least 10-20 in the air, all day every day guaranteed. Someone in our village puts food out for them; A friend showed me a photo taken from his back bedroom window with over 40 kites circling and swooping down above another back garden along the road. Buzzards have increased too, as far as I know without any human intervention, so generally speaking the world has become a better place for raptors in recent years On 25/03/2018 at 09:47, Grandalf said: And in another ten years you will be wishing you had never seen one. These raptors all have to feed on something. Let me give you my experiences and opinion. We release ex-layers on our shoot, so obviously I know it will be different with poults. As you'd expect within the first 2-3 weeks after release you get a few sick and stressed birds keel over (around the 5% mark). Rarely do I find the carcasses untouched, they're normally emptied of the offal and sometimes a bit more thoroughly stripped. Mostly buzzards but the kites do get involved as well. After a month or so, what's going to die will have died. I don't continue to find chewed up carcasses in the pen. So are they mercilessly hunting my pheasants or just taking advantage of what's there? Charlie takes a lot more throughout the year, and they are healthy birds. The sparrowhawks had nearly all my partridge last year, and Charlie mopped up the remainder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemFandango Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 there are are more Buzzards in the UK than there are Red Kites in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 20 hours ago, Jim Neal said: obviously I know it will be different with poults. It is very different with poults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 its funny that a couple of you guys have mentioned about kites coming to have a look at you , its happened to me quite a few times , but , i thought that it was just my imagination. on one of the farms that ive been shooting for around 20 years , you would never see any signs of buzzards , until about ten years ago , these days its not uncommon to see a dozen of them all in the air together. kites also started to make an appearance around 3 years ago . i drove onto a freshly fertilized field last year , to find four buzzards and four kites working the field , it was very impressive. around the piece of woodland that weve recently got , its quite common to see a kite working , with a buzzard sort of shadowing it , im not sure if this is normal behaviour , or even if its the same pair of birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1984 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 On 20/03/2018 at 13:46, Ultrastu said: I cant see the string Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sledge Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) BELIEVE IT OR NOT MY DAD LIVES ON LOCH KEN IN SCOTLAND AND FEEDS THEM AT THE BACK OF THE COTTAGE HES NOT FAR FROM THE SCOTTISH KITE TRIAL Edited April 20, 2018 by 2sledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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