I rescued one from the side of a road, struggling during a heatwave. We caught her and wrapped her in a jacket. I then held her on my lap as my partner drove us to a wildlife rescue. At one point I uncovered her head, thinking I could stroke her 😂 She hissed at me and I didn't move for the rest of the journey 😂 The rescue invited us to see her release a few weeks later 😊
Kind of you! 😻 although personally if I want to save an animal "struggling in heatwave" I wouldn't wrap it in a blanket to exacerbate the body heat? 🤔 unless its a cooling or damp blanket.
Thank you for that! I freaking love buzzards. We see them every day on our dog walks and they frequently fly low over our garden and cruise around too. They are just awsome. We're in Surrey and now increasingly see Red Kite as well. They are just huge and such brilliant flyers. One took off not far from where we were watching it eating something it had caught (in Crowhurst), pretty much Harrier Jump Jet style, just powered up. Amazing!
Thank you. Brilliant video (yet again!). I've just returned from walking my three dogs through the local woods with farmland on either side. (I'm in Midlothian, Scotland).I have been 'following' a particular buzzard for the past three years and was pleased to learn from you that they have a decent lifespan. Today, the buzzard I 'follow' was preening his feathers on quite a low branch of an oak tree. I stood still for about a minute to enjoy the spectacle. He then decided to fly up through the trees and headed off over into the nearby field and hedgerows. I am delighted that there are still hedgerows of hawthorn and the like, as nature truly needs them. So, once again, thank you for bringing nature to my door and educating me. Off now to re-fill my bird feeders. I can hardly keep up with those hungry birds!
Amazing animals, they're very aggressive. I've been a volunteer for a local animal rescue charity for twelve years now and I can say that buzzards are the hardest animals in the UK to rescue due to their aggressiveness.
We have a resident pair of buzzards here in Cheshire. I live in a semi-rural area, and a buzzard can be seen most days flying over the farmer's fields. They also fly over our housing estate. We hear the young calling to the adults (or maybe it's the other way round). They appear to have reared several broods over the last few years.
Hi Liam. I really appreciate the close-ups of these birds and your detailed info on their habits etc. We have lots of Buzzards where live in Bulgaria, but I cannot get close to them as I can with your footage. Thanks
Thanks Christopher! Im glad you enjoyed the video although some of the footage isnt mine. I use what footage I have and supplement it with creative commons footage when I need to. The narration and editing is all me though.
Fabulous video as ever. I came here from your Barn Owl video. We used to have a pair of Barn Owls that hunted the meadows beyond our garden here on the Norfolk Suffolk border. They disappeared when a pair of Buzzards moved in. They were there for a few years then disappeared and the Barn Owls returned for just one summer before the Buzzards returned. We have Red Kites slowly moving in from the west, currently about 20 miles away.
Brilliant Liam! So much I didn't know about buzzards and the footage was super to watch as well - especially the chicks which I could never hope to see in the nest. There is a beautiful buzzard where I walk - lots of white on it - I prefer those to the darker coloured ones. We also have a local one with a pattern on its chest that makes it look like it's wearing a Fairisle jumper!
Hi there here in our lovely Welsh village and surrounding area we have so many fantastic Buzzards along with stunning Kites that fly as high they disappear. Thank you for sharing your video and your knowledge on the great birds. Excellent channel. 🙋🙋🙋🙋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
Thank you for a very interesting article. Here in the (southern) Western Cape of South Africa we are visited by Steppe Buzzards (B. vulpinus) during our Spring/Summer and I believe they migrate all the way from (northern/eastern Europe). Also Jackal Buzzards (B. rufofuscus). Magnificent birds.
Great video! Buzzards seem to be taking to urban life as well - I've just been watching one play with a crow over central Sheffield, and there are two pairs who regularly meet near my allotment.
Seriously what a channel!!! All those fantastic info post on all the British wildlife!! I’d b so proud to of done such great work! Fantastic Liam !! Again learned so much new knowledge from your post ! 30 years life san for a buzzard !! What incredible info !!!! Take care 👍👍
Lovely video. I remember , in the 1960's that you had to travel ( from Home counties) almost to Devon before seeing a buzzard. Now, living in West Sussex, I once saw three soaring right over my house. So something is going right for a change! And for glider pilots like me, you always look out for a buzzard, as he will be in the best thermal around !
Excellent as always my friend. I was only thinking yesterday that it had seemed like a while since you'd popped your head up above the parapet. I love the fact that Buzzards have increased so markedly in numbers and range in the UK over the past 30 years. I remember driving from East London to Devon for holidays back in the early 1990's and looking forward to starting to see Buzzards on the way there but not until we'd gotten west of Andover. Then over a period of a few years I started seeing them sooner on the journey. Initially at the western section of the M25, then at South Mimms services, and now we have them across Essex. The same is starting to be true of Red Kites too, but they seem to be taking a bit longer. Thanks for putting this together for us Liam, and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours pal. 👍🙂👍
Helllo Graham. Thanks as always for leaving a comment. I have been very busy in the background working on a larger video (I’ve teamed up with the broads authority again). That video is finished so once they approve it, it will be live. I think it’s one of the best I’ve done but it took a long time to film and edit (mainly human error and camera issues to blame). I’m used to seeing buzzards and don’t remember a time when they weren’t “common” but realised when my dad saw one and was surprised and asked what it was. I hope you and your family have a great Christmas although I’m almost certain I’ll be speaking to you again between now and then :)
Hi Liam, got an amazing [to me] story about a Buzzard local to a couple of acres of land I used to mow for my Son. I'd seen the a 'couple' and when I first started mowing, one would always fly off.... It gradually got used to the noise and, I used to wave to it and send positive waves it's/their way. One day, during the Zen peace of a ride on mower, I noticed a frog hopping away to my right. I knew the Buzzard was watching so I got off, and walked back to the frog, waved to the Buzzard on his fave bough, and pointed to the frog in the grass...I got back on the mower and carried on. In my minds eye, I saw the Buzzard swoop down on the frog. I looked over my shoulder and, guess what? The Buzzard was on the ground exactly as I had seen it in my head....
@@AShotOfWildlife Thanks for the reply Liam... Yes, there are plenty of interesting Fowl and animals right on our doorsteps! Disclaimer I like animals better than people...
@@whisthpo you're welcome. I'd love to reply to everyone all the time but at the moment my videos are (thankfully) doing really well so I could never keep up. I am lucky in that I love people and animals about half and half, getting them together is the perfect mix for me.
Never used to see Buzzards here in S.E. of England around 30 or more years ago,Kestrels where a common sight.Have not seen a kestrel for years but Sparrowhawks,Buzzards and even seen a Hobby one time,Red Kites are now a common sight(much to my delight).Ive noticed the change in bird populations over the years.Greenfinches,Song Thrush,Linnets,Coal tit,Lapwing,Sky Lark which where all common spots are no longer seen,even notice Chaffinch,House Sparrows and Starlings have declined drasticaly but Goldfinch,Long tailed tit,Great spotted woodpecker,Mistle Thrush have increased...
The first video of yours I came across (which was today, 25th May), was the Blackbird one. I subscribed right after that, and I'm now binge-watching all of them! Excellent stuff, very interesting & informative, well presented, and with great footage. Keep up the good work! 😀👍
I'm fortunate enough to regularly see sometimes 4 or 5 Buzzards together. They nested in trees just a few hundred yards down the road from me last year. I was also lucky enough to see their aerial mating display.
I try a couple times a week to get good shots of these in the wild here in Germany. I hear them all over the place. But how you got these shots os absolutely beyond me. Any tips on where to go bird spotting in (western) Germany?
Thanks for a great informative video. We have buzzards here in the Glens of Antrim. Interestingly they’re seen as an indicator of soil health as high counts of earthworms are only present in healthy soils. I was unaware of their winter diet & always wondered why they were in my fields mid winter. A local bird expert enlightened me. 👍
Cheers. Im glad you enjoyed the video. They seem to be growing more and more common around here but there are a lot of roads so I suspect they do pretty well from roadkill, regardless of our local soil quality.
Luv seeing buzzards hovering, kestrels too. I hope you might add something on the wee Wren somtime because I don't know alot about them & am a fan of the wee Robin. Nevertheless great info ty
See these all over now and as a kid in 80s and 90s never seen or heard them anywhere where I live. Was fishing about 8 odd years ago and this buzzard was sitting on this telegraph pole and this kestrel sat on the next one down, and all of sudden the kestrel flies at this buzzard and clears it off the area and even though it was 3 times bigger the buzzard took off for the hills.
I live in the Black Country, in the West Midlands, and we do have buzzards! This is partly because Birmingham and the Black Country are surprisingly green, with many trees, and in the Black Country we have Local Nature Reserves.
Nice video Mate I worked in Whitby for two years they was 4 buzzards in Forest next to where I was working They always stuck together and could fly from one side of the valley to the other with only flapping their wings 2 to 3 times there was a black kite to which was quite a rare bird
Excellent captures there Liam! We have so many buzzards now! When i was a lad back in the 60s and 70s we had none here. Ah I see it was another guy got the drone shots. No worries. Still a super video.
Very informative and interesting.I have a Buzzard Near where I live in Cheshire lots of woodland & farm fields.I watch it regular .I have not seen it for quite a while now though.Hope it's ok?I loved watching it soaring.😊
They remind me of Red-tailed and Red Shoulder Hawks ( same family) that we have in USA. But, the Buzzards are very different in the nest building habits and fielding for worms. That was pretty interesting. Always enjoy watching the videos and learning more about the natural world.
Great video. Do buzzards ever grab small birds “on the wing” or in the nest? Or is all their prey on the ground? My favourite birds, along with swifts which have sadly disappeared round here.
Great stuff Liam Really enjoyed it and learnt some new info👍👍 Never seen them searching for worms. Amazing footage I think my favourite sound is that mew mew call. So evocative!! Thanks for sharing mate 👍👍👍
Thank you. I’m glad you learnt something new and enjoyed the video. I’ve seen them in fields various times over the years but didn’t realise what they were after until fairly recently.
I know this is an old video but I just wanted to ask if anyone knew whether when they fly around in pairs or more this is likely to be a family group or a couple? Or just some that may be courting or just hunting together? We have a lot of them where I live and they’re gorgeous to watch soaring in circles across the sky. Thanks for this video!
Excellent video Liam thank you very much, I’ve loved to watch buzzards my life and nowadays they are common all over Britain which is fantastic. When I was a kid you could only see them if you went to places like South Wales or the Lake District but now I see them regularly even in the Midlands. By the way, I also fly a drone and I think you need to be careful mentioning drones and filming wildlife because really it’s a bit of a no-no. In fact one of the questions one has to answer to get a flying ID from the CA A is about flying a drone and wildlife. It is against the code to fly a drone to view wildlife. However when you are flying sometimes you do encounter birds but it is best to keep out of their way and come down if they get too close.
Great video, enthusiastically presented. Unfortunately you didn‘t tell me everything I needed to know (as you promised😀), but I‘ll let you off! I‘m trying to find out how long a Buzzard will typically wait before eating again, after filling its crop with a large feed. Would you happen to know? Many thanks
Hello. Sorry for the let down with that, I've recently changed my intros to say "almost everything you need to know about...". Lol. The answer isn't straight forward, with a good crop full of food they can be fine for 24 hours or more but if they're eating smaller prey they'll need to feed several times a day. Just like most animals, they can survive much longer without food if they need to and a week without eating wouldn't be implausible.
@@AShotOfWildlife Hi Liam. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Now you really have told me everything I need to know! A fellow photographer is attempting to photograph Buzzards and is leaving food and monitoring it with a trail cam. After detecting the Buzzard feeding on one day, he spends hours in his hide on the following day (arriving before sunrise), but the Buzzard never returns. My suspicion, as a non expert, was that the food source might have been too large for this purpose and the bird was still digesting the contents of its crop. Your answer adds a little weight to my theory. I've just watched the first minute of your Green Woodpecker video and had to laugh at your "almost everything" addition😀. I only came across your channel yesterday while searching for Buzzard information, but I've already watched quite a few of your videos and learned quite a lot already. I find them very informative and entertaining. Well done. Now I have to get back to your latest video... Thanks Step
Another great video. I rarely see birds of prey, aside from the odd Kestrel here and there. Not sure I have ever seen a Buzzard. I must try and spot them!
Cheers Ian. In the new year I plan on doing a bit more traveling around the country so might be in London for a bit. If I do, ill give you a shout and hope you can recommend some good wildlife spots for me to visit.
Oh I did enjoy watching these magnificent birds , always a joy to see ..We are lucky to have quite a few in Berlin . I usually see them pre sunset around first / farm land ..Have a great weekend : 👍🌲
I see buzzards all the time round my house getting mobbed by jackdaws and it’s nice to see them on a summers day gliding on the thermals making their mewing calls
hi liam, do you have any idea if they eat well we have loads in our area, do you have idea what gas mark we cn cook them on, have you ever tried stuffing them with sparrows and crows
Brilliant I loved the video, I am lucky enough to live out in the country and love to see these majestic birds in the wild. Could you tell me why the crows attack them so much ? As a species they seem to be doing well. Thanks for the great videos please keep them coming.
Nice video, thanks. Me and my family love birds of prey and I also fly a drone. I'm trying to get better at identifying what I'm seeing in the sky and my new drone seems to be prey to most birds with it being so small and quiet. I was warned about a small family of 3 buzzards at a location yesterday so kept an eye out. At one point I seemed to be swarmed at 100m height by a much larger number of smaller number of birds so I'm not sure if they were buzzards or not. They were all black looking with a W shape I think. Advice from yourself or your drone content provider would be much appreciated!
I’m in the Welsh valleys and I’m not sure if I’ve got a large pair of buzzards or a pair of red kites circling and calling high above. They’re huge birds and I know buzzards can have a 4.5 foot wingspan whereas red kites are closer to 5 foot. I’m leaning more towards buzzards as the call is a single one as opposed to a single call with warbles and whistles. Any way to tell for sure?
Usually the easiest way to tell the difference is the tail shape. Kites have forked tails that look triangular when the tail feathers are fully extended, while buzzards have fan-shaped tails. If they're close enough to see the colours on the underside of their wings, kites have a patch of white where their primaries are (just next to the wingtips) and red along their underwing coverts and body. Buzzards typically have a dark trailing edge to their wings with the rest of the wings being pale in colour.
Great creatures, we have a few in our area. One loves to patrol the seashore, patrolling at around twenty feet, though mostly the pair of them can be seen hovering over the fields about a mile inland.
I see lots of buzzards on the railway lines in South West England where they feed on animals that have been hit by trains, especially pheasants. Unfortunately they are susceptible themselves as due to their size, they can take too long to accelerate out of the way of approaching trains and their colouring makes them blend in with the ballast.
Needed this video, never seen one in my area and yet im told they're the most common BOP in the UK, guess im too far away from open country. Can't they adapt to urban areas? Never seen a peregrine either and im in more of a built up area.
Unfortunately they don’t do well in urban areas, I guess there isn’t enough space and food for them there. I’m surprised you’ve never seen a peregrine, which town/area are you in?
@@AShotOfWildlife and sparrowhawks i very occasionally see but i believe theyre actually far more common in my neighbourhood that i think so yeah! They make themselves very inconspicuous coz they are hunters of small birds. Saw a great/lesser spotted woodpecker out my window for the first time ever yesterday.
In the US they call buzzards hawks. No idea why. The reason for the greenery on and around the nest is thought to be to repel insects or possibly as an anti bacterial agent.
I’ve had Sparrow hawks doing their thing. Got home and on the back lawn it looked like a Pigeon had stood on a landmine. Since then its had another 4 or 5. It seems to lull them and me as well, the pigeons are walking around and dozing in the flower beds dreaming about seeds and cake thinking they’re safe then suddenly BOOM the hawks are back in town.
How do you tell a buzzard and a hen harrier apart? We get quite a few largish birds of prey circling where we live, and it'd be nice to know what they are.
@@Radagast- I don't live in the UK so I don't really know where can you find them there but both species can be found in my country and these are often not the ones I mix up... It's usually the buzzard or the steppe buzzard or the long legged buzzard and the hen harrier is just more similar to the other harriers... (Marsh, Montagu's and Pallid).
The young buzzards here in West Berkshire will often remain with the parents for over a year forming a family group of maybe five to feed the next brood of chicks. A display flight by the whole family is quite spectacular. I do not know whether it is for pairing, group bonding or territorial. An adult will take large rabbits. Swooping on them, lifting to maybe 30-ft and dropping them at high speed. Rooks mobbing a buzzard are not safe, the buzzard can easily kill a rook in flight. Whilst kites are seen more often now, the buzzards are still here. They may compete for carrion near the towns but the more powerful buzzard has no problem hunting the plentiful supply of bunnies.
I drove across Texas and I kept wondering what that bird was I kept seeing. They always seemed to fly solo and were pretty big. The underside of the wings looked like these. Would that be the bird I kept seeing?
I love the way these birds circle the sky in packs of four where I live.
I could watch them all day.
I rescued one from the side of a road, struggling during a heatwave. We caught her and wrapped her in a jacket. I then held her on my lap as my partner drove us to a wildlife rescue. At one point I uncovered her head, thinking I could stroke her 😂 She hissed at me and I didn't move for the rest of the journey 😂 The rescue invited us to see her release a few weeks later 😊
Lmfao😂😂
Honestly tho that’s a wholesome thing you did there it warms my heart hearing about people saving wild animals😅
I would be afraid they would scratch me or something
Kind of you! 😻 although personally if I want to save an animal "struggling in heatwave" I wouldn't wrap it in a blanket to exacerbate the body heat? 🤔 unless its a cooling or damp blanket.
Leave wildlife be.
Thank you for that! I freaking love buzzards. We see them every day on our dog walks and they frequently fly low over our garden and cruise around too. They are just awsome. We're in Surrey and now increasingly see Red Kite as well. They are just huge and such brilliant flyers. One took off not far from where we were watching it eating something it had caught (in Crowhurst), pretty much Harrier Jump Jet style, just powered up. Amazing!
Thank you. Brilliant video (yet again!). I've just returned from walking my three dogs through the local woods with farmland on either side. (I'm in Midlothian, Scotland).I have been 'following' a particular buzzard for the past three years and was pleased to learn from you that they have a decent lifespan. Today, the buzzard I 'follow' was preening his feathers on quite a low branch of an oak tree. I stood still for about a minute to enjoy the spectacle. He then decided to fly up through the trees and headed off over into the nearby field and hedgerows. I am delighted that there are still hedgerows of hawthorn and the like, as nature truly needs them. So, once again, thank you for bringing nature to my door and educating me. Off now to re-fill my bird feeders. I can hardly keep up with those hungry birds!
A friend of mine has a male buzzard called Sampson…it was born and leg ringed in 1984 and is still alive and doing very well
One of these was soaring above my house just a few minutes ago. Magnificent fellow - what a sight!
Brilliant video 👍😉 We're so lucky to have these beautiful birds. Forty years ago we'd never see them in Notts, now they're a regular.
Amazing animals, they're very aggressive. I've been a volunteer for a local animal rescue charity for twelve years now and I can say that buzzards are the hardest animals in the UK to rescue due to their aggressiveness.
We have a resident pair of buzzards here in Cheshire. I live in a semi-rural area, and a buzzard can be seen most days flying over the farmer's fields. They also fly over our housing estate. We hear the young calling to the adults (or maybe it's the other way round). They appear to have reared several broods over the last few years.
I hadn't realised the range of colours they can have. Interesting, thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Great video, I had no idea buzzards had such a long lifespan! Beautiful birds 😍
Thank you. I had thought they would be fairly long lived as they take a while to mature but 30+ years was surprising! Im glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Liam. I really appreciate the close-ups of these birds and your detailed info on their habits etc. We have lots of Buzzards where live in Bulgaria, but I cannot get close to them as I can with your footage. Thanks
Thanks Christopher! Im glad you enjoyed the video although some of the footage isnt mine. I use what footage I have and supplement it with creative commons footage when I need to. The narration and editing is all me though.
@@AShotOfWildlife It is the combination of the video-footage and your detailed information that makes the whole worthwhile to me. Keep it up, Liam.
Great post thanks .I live in North Eat Derbyshire and often see them circling high above us.
Fabulous video as ever. I came here from your Barn Owl video. We used to have a pair of Barn Owls that hunted the meadows beyond our garden here on the Norfolk Suffolk border. They disappeared when a pair of Buzzards moved in. They were there for a few years then disappeared and the Barn Owls returned for just one summer before the Buzzards returned. We have Red Kites slowly moving in from the west, currently about 20 miles away.
Brilliant Liam! So much I didn't know about buzzards and the footage was super to watch as well - especially the chicks which I could never hope to see in the nest. There is a beautiful buzzard where I walk - lots of white on it - I prefer those to the darker coloured ones. We also have a local one with a pattern on its chest that makes it look like it's wearing a Fairisle jumper!
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Fabulous and beautiful,what wonderful aerial footage.👍✌
A great video 🙂 I showed my young daughter. She loves learning about wildlife!
Privileged to watch these beautiful creatures over the field behind my garden.
Great video! I love seeing buzzards flying over while I'm working
Thank you, I’m glad you liked the video!
Great video full of fascinating facts I’d not seen or heard elsewhere. Buzzards are one of my favourite birds so I loved this. Keep up the good work!
Hi there here in our lovely Welsh village and surrounding area we have so many fantastic Buzzards along with stunning Kites that fly as high they disappear. Thank you for sharing your video and your knowledge on the great birds. Excellent channel. 🙋🙋🙋🙋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
Thank you for a very interesting article. Here in the (southern) Western Cape of South Africa we are visited by Steppe Buzzards (B. vulpinus) during our Spring/Summer and I believe they migrate all the way from (northern/eastern Europe). Also Jackal Buzzards (B. rufofuscus). Magnificent birds.
Great video! Buzzards seem to be taking to urban life as well - I've just been watching one play with a crow over central Sheffield, and there are two pairs who regularly meet near my allotment.
Seriously what a channel!!! All those fantastic info post on all the British wildlife!! I’d b so proud to of done such great work! Fantastic Liam !! Again learned so much new knowledge from your post ! 30 years life san for a buzzard !! What incredible info !!!! Take care 👍👍
Thanks Craig. I really appreciate your support and it’s great to know that these videos even have worth to someone who isn’t a nature novice. Cheers
Lovely video. I remember , in the 1960's that you had to travel ( from Home counties) almost to Devon before seeing a buzzard. Now, living in West Sussex, I once saw three soaring right over my house. So something is going right for a change! And for glider pilots like me, you always look out for a buzzard, as he will be in the best thermal around !
Excellent as always my friend. I was only thinking yesterday that it had seemed like a while since you'd popped your head up above the parapet. I love the fact that Buzzards have increased so markedly in numbers and range in the UK over the past 30 years. I remember driving from East London to Devon for holidays back in the early 1990's and looking forward to starting to see Buzzards on the way there but not until we'd gotten west of Andover. Then over a period of a few years I started seeing them sooner on the journey. Initially at the western section of the M25, then at South Mimms services, and now we have them across Essex. The same is starting to be true of Red Kites too, but they seem to be taking a bit longer. Thanks for putting this together for us Liam, and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours pal. 👍🙂👍
Helllo Graham. Thanks as always for leaving a comment. I have been very busy in the background working on a larger video (I’ve teamed up with the broads authority again). That video is finished so once they approve it, it will be live. I think it’s one of the best I’ve done but it took a long time to film and edit (mainly human error and camera issues to blame).
I’m used to seeing buzzards and don’t remember a time when they weren’t “common” but realised when my dad saw one and was surprised and asked what it was.
I hope you and your family have a great Christmas although I’m almost certain I’ll be speaking to you again between now and then :)
Hi Liam, got an amazing [to me] story about a Buzzard local to a couple of acres of land I used to mow for my Son.
I'd seen the a 'couple' and when I first started mowing, one would always fly off....
It gradually got used to the noise and, I used to wave to it and send positive waves it's/their way.
One day, during the Zen peace of a ride on mower, I noticed a frog hopping away to my right.
I knew the Buzzard was watching so I got off, and walked back to the frog, waved to the Buzzard on his fave bough, and pointed to the frog in the grass...I got back on the mower and carried on. In my minds eye, I saw the Buzzard swoop down on the frog.
I looked over my shoulder and, guess what?
The Buzzard was on the ground exactly as I had seen it in my head....
That is a crazy story. They do have fantastic eyes so it was probably watching you and noticed the frog when you pointed. Thanks for sharing
@@AShotOfWildlife Thanks for the reply Liam... Yes, there are plenty of interesting Fowl and animals right on our doorsteps!
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I like animals better than people...
@@whisthpo you're welcome. I'd love to reply to everyone all the time but at the moment my videos are (thankfully) doing really well so I could never keep up.
I am lucky in that I love people and animals about half and half, getting them together is the perfect mix for me.
@@AShotOfWildlife Well said Liam. I am attracted to both..
Totally agree
Have been associated with both all my life! 👍
Never used to see Buzzards here in S.E. of England around 30 or more years ago,Kestrels where a common sight.Have not seen a kestrel for years but Sparrowhawks,Buzzards and even seen a Hobby one time,Red Kites are now a common sight(much to my delight).Ive noticed the change in bird populations over the years.Greenfinches,Song Thrush,Linnets,Coal tit,Lapwing,Sky Lark which where all common spots are no longer seen,even notice Chaffinch,House Sparrows and Starlings have declined drasticaly but Goldfinch,Long tailed tit,Great spotted woodpecker,Mistle Thrush have increased...
The first video of yours I came across (which was today, 25th May), was the Blackbird one. I subscribed right after that, and I'm now binge-watching all of them! Excellent stuff, very interesting & informative, well presented, and with great footage. Keep up the good work! 😀👍
Me too! Blackbirds first and then binge watching … 😁
I'm fortunate enough to regularly see sometimes 4 or 5 Buzzards together. They nested in trees just a few hundred yards down the road from me last year. I was also lucky enough to see their aerial mating display.
A few years ago I was lucky enough to see 15 buzzards all using one thermal here in St Hillary Penzance Cornwall,it was mind blowing 👌👌👌😀😀😀
My Dad had a pair DV (darth vader) & Nibbler male.. they were great,,, Loved them XXX
Beautiful. Love them. One pair was having nest on spruce in my backyard and bred 2 babies :-)
I try a couple times a week to get good shots of these in the wild here in Germany. I hear them all over the place. But how you got these shots os absolutely beyond me.
Any tips on where to go bird spotting in (western) Germany?
Kiitos!
Thanks!
Thanks for a great informative video. We have buzzards here in the Glens of Antrim. Interestingly they’re seen as an indicator of soil health as high counts of earthworms are only present in healthy soils.
I was unaware of their winter diet & always wondered why they were in my fields mid winter.
A local bird expert enlightened me. 👍
Cheers. Im glad you enjoyed the video.
They seem to be growing more and more common around here but there are a lot of roads so I suspect they do pretty well from roadkill, regardless of our local soil quality.
Luv seeing buzzards hovering, kestrels too. I hope you might add something on the wee Wren somtime because I don't know alot about them & am a fan of the wee Robin. Nevertheless great info ty
See these all over now and as a kid in 80s and 90s never seen or heard them anywhere where I live. Was fishing about 8 odd years ago and this buzzard was sitting on this telegraph pole and this kestrel sat on the next one down, and all of sudden the kestrel flies at this buzzard and clears it off the area and even though it was 3 times bigger the buzzard took off for the hills.
I live in the Black Country, in the West Midlands, and we do have buzzards! This is partly because Birmingham and the Black Country are surprisingly green, with many trees, and in the Black Country we have Local Nature Reserves.
Nice video Mate
I worked in Whitby for two years they was 4 buzzards in Forest next to where I was working They always stuck together and could fly from one side of the valley to the other with only flapping their wings 2 to 3 times there was a black kite to which was quite a rare bird
This bird stayed in my garden for some hours today 😉 it would be cool if he came back
Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
Excellent captures there Liam! We have so many buzzards now! When i was a lad back in the 60s and 70s we had none here. Ah I see it was another guy got the drone shots. No worries. Still a super video.
Very informative and interesting.I have a Buzzard Near where I live in Cheshire lots of woodland & farm fields.I watch it regular .I have not seen it for quite a while now though.Hope it's ok?I loved watching it soaring.😊
Cheers. Hopefully you will see your local one again soon!
They remind me of Red-tailed and Red Shoulder Hawks ( same family) that we have in USA. But, the Buzzards are very different in the nest building habits and fielding for worms. That was pretty interesting. Always enjoy watching the videos and learning more about the natural world.
Man I love buzzards. They are so cool ❤️. Each time I see one of the three that live around my home is a celebration for me.
Great film, I see loads of Buzzards in the woods near my home.
Buzzards are very common in my area now but there seems to be fewer sparrow hawk and kestrel sightings.
Superb video. We have at least 8 in our locality. Never knew most of this. Thanks for sharing
Great video. Do buzzards ever grab small birds “on the wing” or in the nest? Or is all their prey on the ground? My favourite birds, along with swifts which have sadly disappeared round here.
Awesome. Gorgeous birds. I learned a lot. Thanks.
Great, thank you.
Great stuff Liam
Really enjoyed it and learnt some new info👍👍
Never seen them searching for worms. Amazing footage
I think my favourite sound is that mew mew call. So evocative!!
Thanks for sharing mate 👍👍👍
Thank you. I’m glad you learnt something new and enjoyed the video. I’ve seen them in fields various times over the years but didn’t realise what they were after until fairly recently.
@@AShotOfWildlife that’s amazing. Never seen that before and I’m out all the time - absolutely brilliant 👏👏👏👏
Great presentation and informative 👍
Thank you very much.
they are beautiful 💗 also loving the experimentation with your new look! took me ages to figure out what was different lol
They are amazing to see in flight. I saw a pair recently in a field catching worms 🪱
Cool. Thanks for commenting :)
On the Shropshire / Powys border we regularly see 50+ buzzards following the plough.
I know this is an old video but I just wanted to ask if anyone knew whether when they fly around in pairs or more this is likely to be a family group or a couple? Or just some that may be courting or just hunting together?
We have a lot of them where I live and they’re gorgeous to watch soaring in circles across the sky.
Thanks for this video!
Excellent video Liam thank you very much, I’ve loved to watch buzzards my life and nowadays they are common all over Britain which is fantastic. When I was a kid you could only see them if you went to places like South Wales or the Lake District but now I see them regularly even in the Midlands. By the way, I also fly a drone and I think you need to be careful mentioning drones and filming wildlife because really it’s a bit of a no-no. In fact one of the questions one has to answer to get a flying ID from the CA A is about flying a drone and wildlife. It is against the code to fly a drone to view wildlife. However when you are flying sometimes you do encounter birds but it is best to keep out of their way and come down if they get too close.
Great video, enthusiastically presented. Unfortunately you didn‘t tell me everything I needed to know (as you promised😀), but I‘ll let you off!
I‘m trying to find out how long a Buzzard will typically wait before eating again, after filling its crop with a large feed. Would you happen to know?
Many thanks
Hello. Sorry for the let down with that, I've recently changed my intros to say "almost everything you need to know about...". Lol. The answer isn't straight forward, with a good crop full of food they can be fine for 24 hours or more but if they're eating smaller prey they'll need to feed several times a day.
Just like most animals, they can survive much longer without food if they need to and a week without eating wouldn't be implausible.
@@AShotOfWildlife Hi Liam. Thanks for taking the time to respond. Now you really have told me everything I need to know! A fellow photographer is attempting to photograph Buzzards and is leaving food and monitoring it with a trail cam. After detecting the Buzzard feeding on one day, he spends hours in his hide on the following day (arriving before sunrise), but the Buzzard never returns. My suspicion, as a non expert, was that the food source might have been too large for this purpose and the bird was still digesting the contents of its crop. Your answer adds a little weight to my theory.
I've just watched the first minute of your Green Woodpecker video and had to laugh at your "almost everything" addition😀. I only came across your channel yesterday while searching for Buzzard information, but I've already watched quite a few of your videos and learned quite a lot already. I find them very informative and entertaining. Well done.
Now I have to get back to your latest video...
Thanks
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Another great video. I rarely see birds of prey, aside from the odd Kestrel here and there. Not sure I have ever seen a Buzzard. I must try and spot them!
Another fine video. Its always a joy to get out of town and see a Buzzard, we don't get many sightings in Hackney!
Cheers Ian.
In the new year I plan on doing a bit more traveling around the country so might be in London for a bit. If I do, ill give you a shout and hope you can recommend some good wildlife spots for me to visit.
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your videos are really informative, there's a lot of info there isn't space for in a bird book. Thanks
Great video and beautiful birds 👍😁
Thanks for watching, im glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice video, you're narrating brilliant 👏
Cheers John!
Oh I did enjoy watching these magnificent birds , always a joy to see ..We are lucky to have quite a few in Berlin . I usually see them pre sunset around first / farm land ..Have a great weekend : 👍🌲
Thanks Helena! They are beautiful birds and quite easy to see which is great. I’m glad you liked the video. Have a great week :)
@@AShotOfWildlife You are the best and it was a terrific :)
I see buzzards all the time round my house getting mobbed by jackdaws and it’s nice to see them on a summers day gliding on the thermals making their mewing calls
That's brilliant 👍
Cheers!
Thank you great vidio, i see them every day,all the best.
I love it when you are in the midst of the British countryside and what you can hear is what sounds like sound effects of a spaghetti western.
Love all your bird knowledge ❤
Looking to try entice one for some photos, what is the best thing to tempt them with? someone said chicken thighs?! Excellent video.
Thank you. I have never tried to entice them so I can't help there unfortunately.
hi liam, do you have any idea if they eat well we have loads in our area, do you have idea what gas mark we cn cook them on, have you ever tried stuffing them with sparrows and crows
I live in west Manchester, and I’m always amazed at the number of Buzzards we regularly see around here.
Brilliant I loved the video,
I am lucky enough to live out in the country and love to see these majestic birds in the wild.
Could you tell me why the crows attack them so much ?
As a species they seem to be doing well.
Thanks for the great videos please keep them coming.
Lots of these here in Cyprus and some eagles too. Great video, thanks.
Wonderful,the best thing I’m likely to see today
Happy buzzards day- March 15, 2024 also the one with the white was pretty looked like an owl
Nice video, the numbers surprised me.Top stuff.
Such amazing birds, we have a few around our area that seem to return each year, usually being chased off by the rooks 🙂
Cheers! I hope you enjoyed the video.
@@AShotOfWildlife always really enjoy these types of videos and full of facts 🙂
Nice video, thanks. Me and my family love birds of prey and I also fly a drone. I'm trying to get better at identifying what I'm seeing in the sky and my new drone seems to be prey to most birds with it being so small and quiet. I was warned about a small family of 3 buzzards at a location yesterday so kept an eye out. At one point I seemed to be swarmed at 100m height by a much larger number of smaller number of birds so I'm not sure if they were buzzards or not. They were all black looking with a W shape I think. Advice from yourself or your drone content provider would be much appreciated!
I’m in the Welsh valleys and I’m not sure if I’ve got a large pair of buzzards or a pair of red kites circling and calling high above. They’re huge birds and I know buzzards can have a 4.5 foot wingspan whereas red kites are closer to 5 foot. I’m leaning more towards buzzards as the call is a single one as opposed to a single call with warbles and whistles. Any way to tell for sure?
Usually the easiest way to tell the difference is the tail shape. Kites have forked tails that look triangular when the tail feathers are fully extended, while buzzards have fan-shaped tails.
If they're close enough to see the colours on the underside of their wings, kites have a patch of white where their primaries are (just next to the wingtips) and red along their underwing coverts and body. Buzzards typically have a dark trailing edge to their wings with the rest of the wings being pale in colour.
Great creatures, we have a few in our area. One loves to patrol the seashore, patrolling at around twenty feet, though mostly the pair of them can be seen hovering over the fields about a mile inland.
Love this lads enthusiasm
Thank you!
I see lots of buzzards on the railway lines in South West England where they feed on animals that have been hit by trains, especially pheasants. Unfortunately they are susceptible themselves as due to their size, they can take too long to accelerate out of the way of approaching trains and their colouring makes them blend in with the ballast.
Needed this video, never seen one in my area and yet im told they're the most common BOP in the UK, guess im too far away from open country. Can't they adapt to urban areas? Never seen a peregrine either and im in more of a built up area.
Unfortunately they don’t do well in urban areas, I guess there isn’t enough space and food for them there. I’m surprised you’ve never seen a peregrine, which town/area are you in?
@@AShotOfWildlife east london
@@AShotOfWildlife and sparrowhawks i very occasionally see but i believe theyre actually far more common in my neighbourhood that i think so yeah! They make themselves very inconspicuous coz they are hunters of small birds. Saw a great/lesser spotted woodpecker out my window for the first time ever yesterday.
What a great video. Keep them coming!
Thanks for posting this beauty 💕
Another cracking video Liam 🍻
Thankyou!
Wonderful my friend excellent information 👏
I love their cry, like little eagles.
In the US they call buzzards hawks. No idea why.
The reason for the greenery on and around the nest is thought to be to repel insects or possibly as an anti bacterial agent.
Incredible stuff mate.
I’ve had Sparrow hawks doing their thing. Got home and on the back lawn it looked like a Pigeon had stood on a landmine. Since then its had another 4 or 5. It seems to lull them and me as well, the pigeons are walking around and dozing in the flower beds dreaming about seeds and cake thinking they’re safe then suddenly BOOM the hawks are back in town.
Interesting. I had no idea they have a broad range of colourations!!!
How do you tell a buzzard and a hen harrier apart? We get quite a few largish birds of prey circling where we live, and it'd be nice to know what they are.
Just a different shape and they live in different areas
@@ickgtib That's part of the problem: according to my research, we get both round here!
@@Radagast- I don't live in the UK so I don't really know where can you find them there but both species can be found in my country and these are often not the ones I mix up... It's usually the buzzard or the steppe buzzard or the long legged buzzard and the hen harrier is just more similar to the other harriers... (Marsh, Montagu's and Pallid).
The young buzzards here in West Berkshire will often remain with the parents for over a year forming a family group of maybe five to feed the next brood of chicks. A display flight by the whole family is quite spectacular. I do not know whether it is for pairing, group bonding or territorial.
An adult will take large rabbits. Swooping on them, lifting to maybe 30-ft and dropping them at high speed. Rooks mobbing a buzzard are not safe, the buzzard can easily kill a rook in flight.
Whilst kites are seen more often now, the buzzards are still here. They may compete for carrion near the towns but the more powerful buzzard has no problem hunting the plentiful supply of bunnies.
I didn’t know I NEEDED to know these things about buzzards.
Well now you do :D
Brilliant my favourite birds are Robin and Owl
Hello. If you look on thus channel there is a video like this but about Robins which you'll probably enjoy :)
Excellent video!
I really like Buzzards and have quite a few images of them. Some individuals can be quite inquizitive and fly quite low over me in open fields.
I drove across Texas and I kept wondering what that bird was I kept seeing. They always seemed to fly solo and were pretty big. The underside of the wings looked like these. Would that be the bird I kept seeing?
I think what you most likely saw would be red tailed hawks. They're close relatives of them.
@@AShotOfWildlife thanks! I will look into them. They looked like cool birds. I only saw them solo, but I must have seen at least thirty of them.
Lovely video thanks so much. Just saw one outside and had to look up what it was