Enjoy a trip to Robert's gallery in Thixendale | Visiting info - Opening times - Directions

Special offers ✔ Free gifts on orders over £50 ✔ New collections added! Shop Christmas

Shipping - ✔ Ships worldwide ✔ Fully tracked ✔ Guaranteed to arrive safely

Arial Combat

Arial Combat

Arial Combat

I headed back to Grigin Farm in Mid-Wales last week for more photographs of the many many red kites that now feed there.
Mid Wales was once home to one of the last remaining red kite populations in the UK, but there has now been a population explosion thanks to feeding stations such as the one at Grigin Farm.
I was lucky enough to get these fabulous shots of the kites as they squabbled over titbits. It's fascinating to see how they will chase each other for one morsel, even though there was plenty available on the ground.
The red kite in the front here, just above the raven, has a morsel of food and the others are all chasing it.
In this shot the red kite above dropped the scrap of meat and the one below caught it middair!


Related Posts

Long-tailed tit | Limited edition print | Shop nowLong-tailed tits...
Photographing a black grouse lekOne of the most incredible wildlife...
Now is the time to put up a nest box...
It's Valentine’s Day soon. Perhaps you’ll buy a card, choose...

2 comments

It all looks like great sport for the kites.

john,

Great shots! Thanks for sharing…

Susan Roux,

Leave a comment

Please note: comments must be approved before they are published.