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.
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.
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.
Hi Zooumberg, good comment but please consider this, aggression is usually associated with attack, what you describe sounds much more like defensive rage, quite understandable in the circumstances. It is the smaller birds that I see attacking passing Buzzards that qualify as aggressive in my book!. Cheers, Richard.
I used to see buzzards daily circling high above here in Mid Wales. Sadly I hadn't seen one for more than 2 years until yesterday when I spotted one sitting at the top of a large oak tree. In the past 2 years red kites have become as common as sparrows. Give me a buzzard every time, they're such a joy to watch soaring high above.
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.
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 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!
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!
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.
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.
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 !
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 👍👍
Excellent. We have a female in our field and it has become so used to us that you can get pretty close before she moves on. Our chickens attacked her when she landed amongst them but fortunately everyone survived.
Brave chickens, although I think with most birds of prey their power comes from the air, they dont have much strength once they are on the ground. Thanks for watching, see you next time.
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
Great video, the buzzards are thriving in our area it seems. Beautiful bird, and I always know when they're about because my hens make a lot of noise and fuss!
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.
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! 😀👍
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.
We had started to build barn owls in the neighbourhood as well as screech owls but the incursion of buzzards has almost eradicated them. We now have kites in the neighbourhood and while we have buzzards still their numbers have levelled off. Our sparrow hawks have also reduced.
I have a similar experience on my farm. The population of rabbits has been eradicated as well as a great reduction in numbers of smaller birds of pray. I fear that the birds at the top of the food chain are predominating our environment.
@ And that is why I am circumspect about this constant re-introduction of species which is not always to our benefit. A few buffaloes on a few acres but who wants them roving over the land#cape. Likewise wild hogs - have you seen the American problem? Imagine that in Ireland and Britain; exit any food security.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.😊
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.
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. Unfortunately, I don't see Kestrals like i used to? Im a lorry driver and always saw them over central reservations and verges. Are the two species competing? Give me a Kes any day of the week.
I don't know if they are competing directly, but Buzzards are now the most common bird of prey having taken over from kestrels, who's numbers are sadly slowly declining.
I'm in Donegal - I had one land on the end of my fishing rod some years ago - I has sitting on the bank with the rod across my legs while I rolled a smoke when it happened - I had to grab the rod as the weight of the buzzard was going to tip the rod over and into the pool - he was around 3ft from me and turned and looked at me when I grabbed the road - he took off and landed on the bank around 40 ft away - amazing being so close to it for a few seconds...!
I have a pair that nest in an old orchard at the bottom of my garden, see and hear them regularly, also have a sparrow hawk and kestrel. When the weather is warm they are tiny specs when they ride the thermals
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.
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!
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
In Co Clare in the west of Ireland here I have noticed a massive increase in buzzard numbers in the last few years . I don't know what impact that has on the eco system but it's nice to see them all the same
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.
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
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
You would never see a Buzzard where i live in Hertfordshire 30 years ago but they have done really well. 20 odd years ago i was talking to a young Falconer from Reading who some years earlier brought a Red tailed Hawk x Common Buzzard hybrid, the Red tailed hawk from the U.S is a Buzzard (Buteo jamaicencis) & they breed readily in captivity with our Buzzard (Buteo buteo). The lad lost his Buzzard hybrid but saw it hanging around locally for years, it presumably paired up & had young itself. Red tailed Hawks have been flown in the UK for the best part of 60 years & a few have been lost. Its not unreasonable to think these birds would of interbred with our Buzzard & this would of given them a genetic "Kick up the pants" & could of been partly responsible for the Buzzards spectacular come back. There are also records of a wild female Buzzard breeding in the wild with a lost male Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), this was in Plymouth. They reared young for a couple of years & the young dispersed but i don't think there are any records of the young themselves going on to breed. Maybe being outcrossed with Parabuteo they would of been infertile. Never did hear about the outcome of the Plymouth birds.
I think it is a buzzard that I have seen it my garden , it has taken 2 baby starlings is this normal and can I prevent it? Or is this just nature 🤔 thanku
A lad, Carl Jones, two years my senior, with whom I attended secondary school at Carmarthen Grammar, West Wales, absolutely loved birds and once brought a buzzard to school, of which he made an excellent painting in art class. After I'd left school, the only time I ever saw him again was on the late news on tv, speaking to Prince Charles and Diana in Mauritius, when engaged in ornithological works there. Pre-destiny, of an interesting life and sadly, of another's tragically curtailed one.
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.
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.
I'm a frieght train driver and once counted 35 between lincoln and Peterborough. I love seeing them gorgeous birds.
I love the way these birds circle the sky in packs of four where I live.
I could watch them all day.
Common Buzzards have been a real success story in my part of North Yorkshire. The last 40 years have seen them increase dramatically. Great news.
Privileged to watch these beautiful creatures over the field behind my garden.
Makes your day when they are soaring the thermals above you!❤
Yes. It’s wonderful to see 🤎
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
How's Sampson?
Instant mood lift on seeing a buzzard. Great vid.
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.
Fabulous and beautiful,what wonderful aerial footage.👍✌
Thank you for this, there are a few buzzards around where I live, I love to hear them calling.❤️
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.
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.
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 most majestic bird. Still a stronghold for them where we live. Amazing to see 8 or 9 riding the thermals together.
Really enjoyed this. We have two breeding pairs near us and I never get tired of watching them.👍
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.
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.
Hi Zooumberg, good comment but please consider this, aggression is usually associated with attack, what you describe sounds much more like defensive rage, quite understandable in the circumstances. It is the smaller birds that I see attacking passing Buzzards that qualify as aggressive in my book!.
Cheers, Richard.
@richardharvey1732 of course, the animals we rescue are very frightened and sometimes injured and hungry. Nevertheless, it is still aggression.
A great video 🙂 I showed my young daughter. She loves learning about wildlife!
I used to see buzzards daily circling high above here in Mid Wales. Sadly I hadn't seen one for more than 2 years until yesterday when I spotted one sitting at the top of a large oak tree. In the past 2 years red kites have become as common as sparrows. Give me a buzzard every time, they're such a joy to watch soaring high above.
Great video! I love seeing buzzards flying over while I'm working
Thank you, I’m glad you liked the video!
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 👌👌👌😀😀😀
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. 🙋🙋🙋🙋🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
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!
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!
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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One of these was soaring above my house just a few minutes ago. Magnificent fellow - what a sight!
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.
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.
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 !
very interesting , we see them locally as we live in a farming comunity . thanks .
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
Beautiful animals. My favorite bird.
I hadn't realised the range of colours they can have. Interesting, thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Kiitos!
Thanks!
Excellent. We have a female in our field and it has become so used to us that you can get pretty close before she moves on. Our chickens attacked her when she landed amongst them but fortunately everyone survived.
Brave chickens, although I think with most birds of prey their power comes from the air, they dont have much strength once they are on the ground. Thanks for watching, see you next time.
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.
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 :)
Beautiful. Love them. One pair was having nest on spruce in my backyard and bred 2 babies :-)
Great presentation and informative 👍
Thank you very much.
Wonderful my friend excellent information 👏
your videos are really informative, there's a lot of info there isn't space for in a bird book. Thanks
Thanks for sharing. I tend to see more Red Kites these days than Buzzards. I had never seen a Red Kite until about 12 years ago.
Another great video Liam, thank you.
The accompanying music was lovely, what's the name of the piece?
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.
Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
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.
Great post thanks .I live in North Eat Derbyshire and often see them circling high above us.
Great video, the buzzards are thriving in our area it seems. Beautiful bird, and I always know when they're about because my hens make a lot of noise and fuss!
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!
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.
@@AShotOfWildlife Well said Liam. I am attracted to both..
Totally agree
Have been associated with both all my life! 👍
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 … 😁
Awesome. Gorgeous birds. I learned a lot. Thanks.
Great, thank you.
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.
Great video and beautiful birds 👍😁
Thanks for watching, im glad you enjoyed it!
That's brilliant 👍
Cheers!
Very nice video, you're narrating brilliant 👏
Cheers John!
My Dad had a pair DV (darth vader) & Nibbler male.. they were great,,, Loved them XXX
We had started to build barn owls in the neighbourhood as well as screech owls but the incursion of buzzards has almost eradicated them. We now have kites in the neighbourhood and while we have buzzards still their numbers have levelled off. Our sparrow hawks have also reduced.
I have a similar experience on my farm. The population of rabbits has been eradicated as well as a great reduction in numbers of smaller birds of pray. I fear that the birds at the top of the food chain are predominating our environment.
@ And that is why I am circumspect about this constant re-introduction of species which is not always to our benefit. A few buffaloes on a few acres but who wants them roving over the land#cape. Likewise wild hogs - have you seen the American problem? Imagine that in Ireland and Britain; exit any food security.
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
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.
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.
Brilliant stuff, many thanks.
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?
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!
Superb video. We have at least 8 in our locality. Never knew most of this. Thanks for sharing
Thank you great vidio, i see them every day,all the best.
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 film, I see loads of Buzzards in the woods near my home.
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 👏👏👏👏
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. Unfortunately, I don't see Kestrals like i used to? Im a lorry driver and always saw them over central reservations and verges. Are the two species competing? Give me a Kes any day of the week.
I don't know if they are competing directly, but Buzzards are now the most common bird of prey having taken over from kestrels, who's numbers are sadly slowly declining.
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 :)
I'm in Donegal - I had one land on the end of my fishing rod some years ago - I has sitting on the bank with the rod across my legs while I rolled a smoke when it happened - I had to grab the rod as the weight of the buzzard was going to tip the rod over and into the pool - he was around 3ft from me and turned and looked at me when I grabbed the road - he took off and landed on the bank around 40 ft away - amazing being so close to it for a few seconds...!
This bird stayed in my garden for some hours today 😉 it would be cool if he came back
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.
Love all your bird knowledge ❤
I have a pair that nest in an old orchard at the bottom of my garden, see and hear them regularly, also have a sparrow hawk and kestrel. When the weather is warm they are tiny specs when they ride the thermals
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.
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.
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.
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!
Lots of these here in Cyprus and some eagles too. Great video, thanks.
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.
Love this lads enthusiasm
Thank you!
In Co Clare in the west of Ireland here I have noticed a massive increase in buzzard numbers in the last few years .
I don't know what impact that has on the eco system but it's nice to see them all the same
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.
Buzzards are very common in my area now but there seems to be fewer sparrow hawk and kestrel sightings.
Nice video, the numbers surprised me.Top stuff.
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
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
Another cracking video Liam 🍻
Thankyou!
What a great video. Keep them coming!
You would never see a Buzzard where i live in Hertfordshire 30 years ago but they have done really well. 20 odd years ago i was talking to a young Falconer from Reading who some years earlier brought a Red tailed Hawk x Common Buzzard hybrid, the Red tailed hawk from the U.S is a Buzzard (Buteo jamaicencis) & they breed readily in captivity with our Buzzard (Buteo buteo). The lad lost his Buzzard hybrid but saw it hanging around locally for years, it presumably paired up & had young itself. Red tailed Hawks have been flown in the UK for the best part of 60 years & a few have been lost. Its not unreasonable to think these birds would of interbred with our Buzzard & this would of given them a genetic "Kick up the pants" & could of been partly responsible for the Buzzards spectacular come back. There are also records of a wild female Buzzard breeding in the wild with a lost male Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), this was in Plymouth. They reared young for a couple of years & the young dispersed but i don't think there are any records of the young themselves going on to breed. Maybe being outcrossed with Parabuteo they would of been infertile. Never did hear about the outcome of the Plymouth birds.
Wonderful,the best thing I’m likely to see today
I think it is a buzzard that I have seen it my garden , it has taken 2 baby starlings is this normal and can I prevent it? Or is this just nature 🤔 thanku
Excellent video!
A lad, Carl Jones, two years my senior, with whom I attended secondary school at Carmarthen Grammar, West Wales, absolutely loved birds and once brought a buzzard to school, of which he made an excellent painting in art class. After I'd left school, the only time I ever saw him again was on the late news on tv, speaking to Prince Charles and Diana in Mauritius, when engaged in ornithological works there. Pre-destiny, of an interesting life and sadly, of another's tragically curtailed one.
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.