How UK Red Kites Returned from The Brink
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Your videos have got me really interested in rewilding efforts and I remember when my first red kites nesting near me. Were beautiful to watch circle on thermals
Ah thats great news and awesome you had a nest so close to you. cheers :)
We have 3 red kites which fly about daily together there beautiful
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Thank you!
I just came home to Norway after visiting the UK. Near Market Deeping and Stamford. I saw them everyday. Alone, in pairs or in a threes. Amazing to watch.
Yes they’re brilliant to watch in flight, do you see them often in Norway?
@@LeaveCurious Never seen them. But I have seen a Falcons attacking pigeons in Oslo on a busy street. I also filmed one across my street during lockdown.
@@michaelairley2015 that pretty gnarly. They don’t seem to care!
I saw a red kite, flew over me on a dog walk, so close too must have been 10ft above me. I don’t know birds super well and just because of the huge size and the white head I thought it was some kind of eagle. googled it when I got home. Most amazing sight of my whole life
I grew up in the Chilterns during the reintroduction and they went from a total rarity/absence to near-abundance. Some days could see a dozen or more soaring about, with that distinctive cry you could hear even when indoors with the window open. Totally made the place :D
I saw one in Southall last week!!! I'm always so happy whenever I see one!
I’ve seen red kites around my house
thats awesome!!
Another great video dude. Your production quality is phenomenal
Ah, thank you, appreciate that. Got some good videos coming over the next couple of months!
I am 56, as a village boy interested in Birds, the Red Kite was the rarest of Birds, it’s now a regular site in Oxford, as a lad I remember the large numbers of lapwings on the fields, Swifts and House Martins flying around our house, now nothing, every Sumer in 80s my car would be absolutely covered in dead insects, in 2022 hardly any...tragic
Hmm sad to think how fast things can change, but also how we don't realise it.
I’m a retired Biology teacher, we used to teach about the reintroduction of red kites and driving to London from Oxford it was exciting to see half a dozen kites circling above the road. Now daily in Oxford we see several above our houses and gardens, they whistle. A shame it’s not going so well in Scotland.
A couple years ago I saw a red kite near jnctn 37 M6 . Red Kites are now breeding in the Lake District
We have a strong population where i live in somerset. Saw 3 hovering over the field yesterday.
And about 30mins ago 1 just flew past my bedroom window
Great video. They have only recently arrived in North East Derbyshire
Ah that’s great, cheers :)
Beautifully inspirational!!
Thank you, pleased you enjoyed it!
Gorgeous bird! I'm terrible at identifying birds I see in the sky, so I can't say if I've seen any here in the Midlands, but I'll keep an eye out nonetheless!
I contributed to an RSPB scheme about twenty years ago to reintroduce the Red Kite.
Nice one Steve! Its paying off
Wonderful sight to see the red kite ,and interesting story bringing them back from the brink, well done Royal society of birds ,and all those involved in saving the Red kite!
well said Caroline :)
Have you seen Red kites in your area?
I live near Tadcaster (N.Yorkshire) we are blessed to see them on a weekly basis due to the reintroduction at Harewood House.
@@OliverDuxbury1996 nice to see reintroductions working for Yorkshire!
I live outside of Hertford and I see and hear them like every day
@@Gamer-Rex nice!!!
I live in Leicestershire and unfortunately haven’t seen any yet. Plenty of buzzards, kestrels and sparrowhawks about though!
Great and informative video amigo. There are few things that lift the spirit more than the return of crucial species to their rightful home. We've seen the return of fishers ( sable) to my home in southern Canada after 100 yrs of extirpation.
So true, although one specie returning might not seem huge (sometimes it is) it should always be celebrated
Excellent video as usual. I've learned quite a bit from your content. I visited Gigrin Farm a few years ago, it was an awesome experience.
Cheers Mark, thats great to hear! yes next im passing I think ill have to visit!
Zi used to live outside of London & I saw Red Kites .... it was SO wonderful!
Yes they are amazing to see in flight, especially when close!
so beautiful in the sky
amazing birds
Rob another great episode and very informative. Keep up the good work.
Cheers Mark G, very kind words. Pleased you enjoyed it
Another great video thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome thank you.
I live in Buckinghamshire (red kite central) on the edge of one of the biggest shooting estates in the south east of England. Although I’m generally pretty negative about their activities I will at least allow that red kites (and buzzards and even Ravens) are tolerated and nest on the estate. I don’t think they have experienced any decrease in the numbers of pheasant or partridge. It’s so sad that out of date attitudes toward raptors and corvids still exist over so much of the country.
Agreed and predators generally - times/attitudes are changing though!
I just had the luxury of seeing one of my local Red Kites. I caught it out of my peripheral vision for a bit, then got to watch it fly directly overhead, swoop and circle around my garden, cry out, and fly off to the next garden.
Brilliant video
Something similar is happening with the hen harrier up in Scotland as it feeds on the threaten grouse which is used for a game bird
Yes. I’ll be heading up to Scotland so I’ll keep my eyes out
Interesting video great content
Glad you enjoyed it
Can you do a video on large herbivores like bison and moose. I've yet to hear about them being reintroduced.
got a bison video coming over the next month or so you just wait!
Fortunate to have three that regularly soar overhead...when the sun hits them they glow a beautiful red-brown
Interesting video I remember the Black Isle story as I live very close to the area, am glad to see them still around the Black Isle on your way to Inverness, I've noticed them North as well, so they are populating my local area, such beautiful birds, we have Red Kites and Buzzards around me.
Lovely place to live, you have a nice array of wildlife around you :)
Hello, I have seen red kites up close at our caravan in aberystwyth (Mid Wales) I used to throw scraps out for it and it used to sweep down right beside us and fly off with them. However, I live I the North west of England, and I was having a pint of guines in the beer garden in my local, and what flew over the top of us? A red kite! Everyone looked up and asked, "What is it?" I knew straight away with its obvious kite shaped tail, what it was. Nobody seemed to know! It hung around above us for a while, and two crows started to chase it away. But at least they are slowly branching out up and down the country.
St Albans Hertfordshire. They're so beautiful especially when flying in the sunshine.
So do some people shoot red kites or poison them because they prevent other birds that are shot for sport from coming to that area?
Essentially yes, that would be the main driver of illicit killing
On my way home from the hides yesterday i saw some red kites so i stopped to photograph them. Ended up speaking to a home owner who said 40 roost in his trees at night, but that this has only recently happened. Great stuff.
As I watch this video I’m seeing red kites flying across my windows, Cowley, Oxford.
Epic!
Absolutely love this channel, we had red kites released near where we live around 10 or 20 years ago and now I see them daily. We have a pair nesting nearby and have had the kites land in our drive!
Could you do more videos on rewilding or similar to this one (maybe the comeback of the otter or species we have reintroduced)
Thats awesome! I be tempted to set up a camera! Yes, I'm sure i'll get round to the otter - Cheers Jack, pleased you're enjoying the channel.
I see them daily out my window in West Yorkshire. I know they were reintroduced here and are doing well.
Nice video. I do have a question about the footage you have used. Did you get consent from the publishers or have you gone down the route of "Fair use"?
Cheers and I’m using in under fair use. I have also linked to the source videos.
Oh and also some of it is sourced from commercial uses sites
@@LeaveCurious I saw the linked originals. I've been tempted to do the same but the definition of fair use content is quite vague and I didn't want to get in any trouble. Have you had any issues with it?
@@AShotOfWildlife I didn’t realise it was yourself! Yes I wouldn’t worry for our type of content. So along as we keep it educational/sciencey, be sure to use it in your way and what you do use keep relatively short…
@@LeaveCurious okay. Maybe I'll give it a try then. I've had situations where I need just a tiny bit of footage to fill a gap in a story so hopefully I won't have that problem in the future. Cheers.
When shot or poisoned large birds of prey are found, on land used for shooting ,t he landowner NOT the gamekeeper should be fined or, even better imprisoned.
they are easily recognisable for having a concave forked tail
Spot on :)
I first saw a red kite when I first moved from Essex to Wiltshire and was amazed that such a beautiful bird was seen in numbers in this country! 😍 Now that I live in the north of Swindon, we occasionally see red kites flying overhead and I am so glad that they have reached this area. Watching your video gives me hope that they will carry on increasing their numbers and keep as safe as possible. Thank you for a great video about what has become my favourite bird!
Thats awesome Paul, I'm out in east essex, I don't see too many around my local area, but once you get on the road its hard not too! Cheers
It has long been a part of the culture of landowners in Scotland to persecute wildlife - not Scottish culture generally
Gigrin Farm kite feeding, world class experience 👍
Great video and lots of interesting fact’s, but if you can, could you please do a video a on the Galloway forest, I’ve herd it’s the largest forest in the uk, it’s way better if you explain just because I love your videos and they’re awesome, congrats on the 3k subs
Thank you :) yes I will certainly look into that, sounds like an interesting place! Thank you!
Love red kites ❤
Great content dude - illuminating! The last pair in Wales was of course in the Cambrians amid the Upper Wye. I see them here now IN Herefordshire. Just the other day I was observing a Red Kite being attacked by some Hobby's, which are rarer now than the Kite. One thing. If your sat static can you not touch the camera so much to draw me in. I find it irritating and distracting. Peace. Mark
Thanks Mark, appreciate the feedback :)
@@LeaveCurious That's alright. Is it just the feedback you're interested in? What about the comment? I thought it was about the Kites to.
@@WyeExplorer no of course, sorry - I wanted to reply but didn’t have much time. I have to say I don’t see many hobby’s! Maybe I haven’t got my eye in, or as you say they are quite rare. I wonder what conservation is in place for them.
@@LeaveCurious Well, it's not an iconic species so I doubt if there is much - not as much as the Kites.
new subscriber currently binging your content :)
Ahh welcome, that’s what I like to hear!
They were saved in the nick of time.
Yes, and they are not a party trick, so stop feeding them.Let them be wild!
I guess it was necessary in the beginning, now it is something of spectacle, but if the kites are happy, as are people, I don't see any losers
Great video, explained the history and current situation really well!
Nice one Timur :)
Red Kites returning from the brink! Looking so amazingly magnificent riding the thermals. Eating the eggs and chicks of endangered species, Curlews, Plovers and ground nesting birds. I've watched them do it. I've no time for them in such numbers. People, especially those who don't live in the countryside, can be so damned naive.
I had two in my area 5 years ago, we now haven 10+ breeding pairs, and they are in the garden everyday swooping down. Absolutely magnificent to see.
There are many red kites near Welland Gliding Club, Corby. We sometimes share a thermal with them which I find an awe inspiring experience.
It's good that you consider balanced perspectives on things. It would be counterproductive to simply dismiss gamekeeping as something that needs to be banned, even if there is legitimate reason to do so.
I have seen Red kites a couple of time in my local area
Awesome! I saw loads while driving through Devon/ Cornwall the other day!
There's loads in Oxfordshire, see them everyday.
Like your style and karma bud !✌❤
Cheers man :)
At 2:48 we can see a kite with a peculiar color. Any information about that?
I'm not sure to tell you the truth!
It's a leucistic red kite, it has a lack of cells capable of making the typical pigment for its feathers.
Nice video I have a kite family near me I feed them mice (fnt) that my reptiles won't eat
Cool! bet they love you!
@@LeaveCurious yea one does the other 3 are funny it's the male he land on my roof waits for me to throw one up the other I assume mum and kids very nervous but that's a good thing lol
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Nice!
Cheers Paul!
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I can see red kites everyday
Now, I know a place in the midlands where they fly constantly I love photographing them,
I think any use of pest control poison should be banned completely, because it harms many other animals birds and insects,