Magnificent Goshawk Catches Rat Then Toys With It | Discover Wildlife

Magnificent Goshawk Catches Rat Then Toys With It | Discover Wildlife | Robert E Fuller

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Жыл бұрын

A goshawk visited the pond at Ash Wood for a dip - it's the first time I've seen one here. Watch it catch a rat, then toy with it and keep watching to get a sense of scale - it's about four times the weight of a sparrowhawk!
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GOSHAWK
This is a juvenile female. You can tell by the vertical markings on her breast and the way she flicks up her prey and catches it! This is how they practise their hunting techniques. Female goshawks are slightly bigger than buzzards and a lot larger than sparrowhawks!
GOSHAWK BATHING
This footage gives you an amazing intimate view of the goshawk bathing. I hope it visits again!
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@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

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@jeffwalther3935 Жыл бұрын

As a retired teacher, I knew too, EXACTLY what this youngster was doin', by golly! I've seen it a million times. Just like I experienced with EVERY one of my students, saw them puzzle and practice and master the skill at hand, alone even though others present; was overjoyed, with them, when I saw their new skills and power, first evident and revealed to us both, still awesome and new to them, over and over again. Humans and animals are SO related; much more than our egos and common knowledge allow. We are SO animals too, I think. Cheers for this heartwarmer.

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Yep we try to think of humans as separate but we are so similar

@jeffwalther3935 Жыл бұрын

@@RobertEFuller Actually, my good man, I find the distinction between man and animal a misleading mistake of great size, arbitrary, rather subjective, egotistical distinction, mistakenly made by relatively, heavily unnatural supernatural religious, the unforeseeen and unimaginably BAD consequences misleads us more than we realize, denies us due understanding and growing affinity with the ONLY OTHER lifeforms in existence, imho and insights about overall nature - all due to the WILDLY bogus UNNATURAL POV of supernaturalist-based reality. I think the ancient error produced a predilection to build entirely artificial and unnatural societies, values, morals and mores that are so devoid of reality they produced ALL the environmentally unsustainable practices that doom us now. Its a BIG mistake, the consequences of believing entirely false data to the extent we have.

@1stcrg 6 ай бұрын

Actually birds dont cry tears of emotion but they cry tears then threatened.

@sherrywebber4013 Жыл бұрын

How extraordinary to see a Goshawk. Thank you for showing the differences from the similar marked raptors. She liked the "Bath n Breakfast" ... she'll be back. 💖💕😊😃

@shezadm6300 Жыл бұрын

Yeah never seen this bird before.. it looks like a mix between a hawk and a chicken :) What a stunning bird! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!

@delilahboa Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a stunning bird of prey, amazing to watch it learning. I loved the way you split the screen to show us size differences, that was brilliant…..thanks Robert xxxx

@theowlmancometh Жыл бұрын

This was amazing to watch live when it happened. She is a stunning raptor, isn't she 🥰

@TagmakersCoUk Жыл бұрын

This few minutes of superb video hides the many hours spent capturing these precious events. Lovely stuff Robert, and I am grateful for you sharing it with us.

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

@Society_is_Fucked Жыл бұрын

You know she's a charismatic bird when she dances for the camera mere seconds into the video 😂❤️

@luudest Жыл бұрын

I am following the Ash Wood Rat Stream. So that‘s what happened to Kenny. I always wondered why he never returned to the burrow

@sylphofthewildwoods5518 Жыл бұрын

She's gorgeous. I have enjoyed your channel immensely, Mr. Fuller. Thank you, for sharing your world, of birds and critters with us.

@fozzersman Жыл бұрын

Amazing how she can just flatten it almost with her talons would love to know the power of those. She learnt a good lesson waiting above a pond for thirsty animals

@pennsydude9723 Жыл бұрын

The force of her landing on a mice is the equivalent of a person being hit by a car or truck. Learned this by watching a documentary on Owls 🦉.

@raindog7733 Жыл бұрын

When you grip your knee hard until it hurts that's about 90psi, the Goshawk and Osprey are 400 psi and Golden Eagle 700psi, good luck little mammals.

@nearestyoutube Жыл бұрын

@@pennsydude9723 correction: a *flying* car or truck

@noretreat_nosurrender6892 Жыл бұрын

@@nearestyoutube there is no flying cars you silly sausage 😱

@nearestyoutube Жыл бұрын

@@noretreat_nosurrender6892 🌭😜

@kerrykestrowl6785 Жыл бұрын

Magnificent bird

@glenncole7721 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful majestic bird. May she live a long & happy life... well away from scummy gamekeepers & others that wish her harm. Nature at its most beautiful right there.

@qbmac2306 Жыл бұрын

It's like when people have popcorn, they throw it up and catch it in their mouths.

@dewbow134 Жыл бұрын

0:03 i love the way they dip their feathers in the water like they're dancing 🤣🤣

@tigress5263 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this! This year was the first time I watched a Goshawk cam, watching the chicks hatch to fledge. I have literally just come back in after walking in on a Sparrowhawk in my garden that had just pounced on a Ferral pigeon! I am so glad you showed us the difference in the size between the two birds. Nice video 😊

@theotheseaeagle Жыл бұрын

Incredible footage. It’s not everyday you see a goshawk considering how elusive and rare they are

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Yes I saw 👀 the hawk less than 1km from the wood the day before and then it came to my little pond amazing

@raindog7733 Жыл бұрын

They're not as rare as people think, just very secretive, I live in the Cotswolds and there's quite a few around here, when you see one and you're used to seeing regular Sparrowhawk, there is no mistaking a Goshawk, it is definitely a Wow moment. Although every time I see one it's very early in the morning. I don't think I've seen one in the daytime.

@michaelpara8582 Жыл бұрын

Wow the food just serves itself while she's bathing. That kestrel is living the high life

@MrHistorian123 Жыл бұрын

I heard a Goshawk calling from thick woodland whilst walking on Stockton Common near York a few weeks ago. I tried to find a nest or see the birds, but couldn't get into the area where the call was coming from. Given that Robert's gallery is only about 10Km from there as the crow flies and knowing how rare these birds are, I wonder if this could be a chick from a successful nest there which is looking for a new territory.

@toldavf1523 Жыл бұрын

It was fabulous to watch live. What a beautiful bird.

@MedranoEl Жыл бұрын

My house crest features a Goshawk on the hand, beautiful birds and a great video!

@jennyc1164 Жыл бұрын

What a fabulous video! I saw her bathing but not catching and playing with the rat. Thanks for the size comparisons, Robert. 🙏💚

@eastcoastartist Жыл бұрын

0:11 I love how a little critter was like, “Scamper away while she isn’t looking!”

@victoriahouse9969 Жыл бұрын

At last the video I've been waiting for. Well done REF and Team.

@davidkreider942 Жыл бұрын

Great video!! She may be a juvenile but she knows how to get her food! Thank you for the window into the wonderful world of our birds of prey!!

@AE-se9bl Жыл бұрын

I did watch this live but enjoyed this video very much ! Such a beautiful bird the gishawk! Nice the way it caught the rat ! Thanks for sharing ! 🥰🤗

@CheeseFishie Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful bird! 💛

@1katmuz Жыл бұрын

What a video, you had me with your music choice which was wonderful. I feel I need to say how our human interpretation is different from animal reality(at least for the most part) in that when animals do things we consider mean, is actually done without malice and more logical in their development. For me this gives a greater appreciation of their lives.

@bigizzyuk Жыл бұрын

Going off point here but I work in the north sea and seen a juvenile white tailed sea eagle a few years back. I took loads of photos and sent them in to energy voice and the North Sea bird club page. They said it was the first ever recorded sighting but it was a phenomenal size and the biggest bird of prey in England I believe even bigger than a golden eagle

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Sounds a great sighting

@davidsneddon2242 Жыл бұрын

Stunning footage combined with all your preparation to be able to capture such fantastic footage Robert is just excellent. Well done and keep them coming.

@gwenloughman3775 Жыл бұрын

My first thought was, "stop playing with your food!" 😅 I really enjoy watching birds bathing either in water or having a dust bath. I filled a plastic bird seed tub with rocks and branches and it's used regularly by all sorts of our feathered friends. It's too far away from the house to get a good look at its visitors, but I love seeing the little splashes of water when the small birds are showering.

@lucialindeboom1382 Жыл бұрын

Oh yes! I remember that wonderful day! You are wonderful in your story voice over! Thank you so very much! @Robert E Fuller ❤️🍊🥰🙏🏻🦅 forgot to say thank you for comparing her to a sparrowhawk as I have no idea how small a sparrowhawk really is until you did that! Thank you once again!

@juliescott9485 Жыл бұрын

Yes also thank you for that Robert

@simonpleasants7453 Жыл бұрын

Female sparrowhawk is bigger than kestrel, though not by much.

@sarielle85 Жыл бұрын

"How often do I have to repeat myself? Don't play with your food, hun!" "Mom... I'm practicing hunting techniques."

@wildguy4773 7 ай бұрын

Imagine you are relaxing in your favourite spot and then your favourite food fearless comes and you have awesome time eating it and relaxing What a chilled bird

@scooby2435 Жыл бұрын

What a great bit of filming, I’ve seen other young predators practicing with prey but never birds. Brilliant!

@melissah4084 Жыл бұрын

She's beautiful! This summer, I made a water feature for the wildlife in my garden, and I'm having soooo much fun watching all of the visitors!

@Blue24Osprey Жыл бұрын

What a fabulous capture - thank you!

@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve Жыл бұрын

Robert, everything you do is a work of art! You inspire! ❤

@evasenater6235 Жыл бұрын

All what you show is coming from your heart ❤️

@philipdurling1964 Жыл бұрын

Amazing that you were able to capture this on video. Thank you.

@susanleezer182 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Robert

@victoriae.2371 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous footage! Thank you for sharing.

@peaceworld5393 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful footage! Thank you!

@vornameenachnamee1381 Жыл бұрын

The bathing towards the end is just soooo cute 😍

@juliescott9485 Жыл бұрын

Hope to see more of her too, she's beautiful and nice to see her learning process ❣

@realbroggo Жыл бұрын

Just shows the ecosystem there is working so well. Water, plant life, prey, predators in the same habitat. Just as nature intended. Wonderful vid. Thanks.

@sshlubb243 Жыл бұрын

FABULOUS...thanks for sharing...birds of prey are truly one of nature's great gifts...

@pan6593 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Thanks for the imagery!

@carolebaker156 Жыл бұрын

Such a treat! Love your videos!

@ChristopherHarle41048 Жыл бұрын

Priceless coverage. And thanks for the comparisons.

@thomaswilleborts6771 Жыл бұрын

Oh yes,Robert. I did enjoyed this video so well. I do love hawks in every kind. Great thanks for the buzzard in it 2. That's one of my totem-birds. You definitely can see the hawk play and train with a throw and catch. You're posting amazing videos on your channel. Thank you,Sir. In kind regard 2 you, T🪶

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@Welshwolf62 Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate excellent post.

@garygough3341 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant, we don’t get Goshawks on the Isle of Man 🇮🇲 unfortunately

@LewisZilla 2 ай бұрын

Do you get Red Kites or Buzzards?

@mcwharam Жыл бұрын

What amazing quality footage - thank you for sharing this.

@deblejeune228 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing, my daughter and I have been lucky to get pictures of three different kinds of hawk this summer!

@ploppysonofploppy6066 Жыл бұрын

Such impressive work, professional standard for sure. Thank you.

@smokeysmith1282 Жыл бұрын

A small touch of paradise to film this for sure!

@Eoliths Жыл бұрын

Wow totally blessed to have these visitors to your pond

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

It’s been very dry so my little pond has been very busy place

@9parasqn656 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous footage. Thank you for that. Astonishing.

@kc8767 Жыл бұрын

Best hip thrust in the bird world.

@PamelaThrasher Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that! Magnificent!

@samsen3965 Жыл бұрын

What a majestic bird. Queen of her own.

@georgepickle3404 Жыл бұрын

today I saw a sparrowhawk and peregrine falcon having a fight in the air. thought I was lucky just to see either but together swooping was amazing

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Great sighting it’s amazing what’s out there if you just spend time watching 👍

@WallytheRapper Жыл бұрын

JEEZ... What a great video.. and what a great setting you have to capture ...

@yeraltiedebiyatiTR Жыл бұрын

Such a nice bird! one of my favorite birds are hawks (Red Tailed Hawks) . Great footage thanks a lot looking forward to see more 💯🦅

@rigajykra3159 Жыл бұрын

That is amazing to see one so far down here. They are something to see at least once in your lifetime I think. Our countryside misses these majestic birds.

@BirdBath1 Жыл бұрын

Rigajykra, look at bird bath

@Gunners_Mate_Guns Жыл бұрын

She is so beautiful.

@Zulutime44 Жыл бұрын

Its amazing how fast she can move those killer talons.

@camo2156 Жыл бұрын

wow, they just look like huge sparrowhawks. she is a beautiful bird

@luckyloeloe6894 Жыл бұрын

She's absolutely stunning 😍💗

@strangedazey546 Жыл бұрын

She's lovely! At the beginning, it looked like she was dancing on his corpse

@anna-rosephipps3132 Жыл бұрын

What a beauty. Hope we see more of her

@thewolfofthestars1847 Жыл бұрын

What a lovely sighting! I wonder if she's just passing through or if she'll decide to hang around. As a juvenile, I'm guessing she doesn't have an established territory yet. It'd be intetesting to see her integrate into the ecosystem here!

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

She is just passing through most lightly the wood is two small and the wrong type of trees 🌲 they like Larch or conifer trees to nest in which there are some close by

@firesandflowers Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous! The range of Goshawks ends just short of where I live in North Carolina & I've never seen one in real life! We do have some Red Shouldered Hawks (or buzzards, as y'all more correctly call them 😏) that have taken up residence behind our backyard though! There was a juvenile that spent some time stalking a chipmunk a few feet outside my window the other day and I was so captivated by it!

@HR-od9fl Жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful looking bird of prey and fantastic quality footage 👍

@kss987 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching that live it was amazing

@hanpolo2727 Жыл бұрын

I always love watching birds have a little wash. Sometimes I put on "Splish Splash I was taking a Bath." By Bobby Darren over the top, heh it is quite funny.

@yetidodger6650 Жыл бұрын

wonderful footage, thank you.

@michaelmcgee9626 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely top bird, great footage 👏 👍

@philipashley1517 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant footage,,got to love a Gos,,,👍👍

@DB1956 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Thankyou.

@samihanski4086 Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure to witness magnificent greater spotted eagle today. Quite possibly it was my first and last that I will ever witness.

@Fadedecho1 Жыл бұрын

Aww so awesome. No problem there. Love her colors. ❤️

@lolawants2008 Жыл бұрын

Instant subscribe! This is so cool. What’s remarkable is- rats are incredibly tough- they can be bent in half in a trap & fight like hell for a long time.. seems like this beauty dispatched it instantly when she landed on it. Very precise kill it seems to me.

@Ian-bq7gp Жыл бұрын

They are really big birds I was shocked at how big and powerful they are . I don't think golden eagles are bigger or maybe there's not much in it. Kestrels were small but amazing hovering . As for kites I've not seen one that I'm aware of but they seem fairly common now since DDT got banned. Now slug pellets need banning. People can use beer traps

@CC-vf4ew Жыл бұрын

Great footage!

@jakejordanwildlife532 Жыл бұрын

Incredible capture!

@ericalawson631 Жыл бұрын

What a stunningly beautiful creature. thank you for the vid.

@BirdBath1 Жыл бұрын

Erica Lawson, look at bird bath

@user-xi7cw1zt1s Жыл бұрын

hOlY cRaP, Robert! A goshawk! So beautiful! It's a privelege to have one there. The size comparison was also great. However should the barn owls, the tawny owls and the kestrels- especially the kestrels- worry about having an apex predator so close to their nests? Goshawks are prolific hunters of other smaller raptors. What do you think? Would it a pose a threat for the "stars" of the channel?

@christco120 Жыл бұрын

definitely a threat, goshawks are the f-22s of the bird world, one of the most agile flyers of all raptors

@simonpleasants7453 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a definite threat. That female sparrowhawk is larger than a female kestrel yet look how the goshawk dwarfs it. The kestrels and owls have no defence and goshawks actively prey on smaller raptors. But it is a native bird and all these species co-evolved so they have survived together over time. The difference here is that the absence of goshawks in recent years, and assistance from REF, has probably allowed the local population of other raptors to proliferate more. If goshawks start moving back into the area this may start to get thinned out a bit!

@simonpleasants7453 Жыл бұрын

@@debeee It would not have been trying to drive the sparrowhawk away, it would have been trying to kill it. But sparrowhawks are very hard to catch as they also accipiters. Hovering kestrels and slow quartering barn owls not so. The buzzards won't be concerned - they are slower but more powerful, they'll probably wait for her to catch something they can't and then steal it off her. She's a woodland hunter, they are hunters of the open.

@wor53lg50 Жыл бұрын

Didnt know they would predate on kestrals, these are getting rarer unfortunatly, il never forget the film kes and the mean farmer or game keeper, they was under threat then from poisoning and egg theft, im sure it still goes on today, dont know why sparrow hawks are not the same, they must mate prolifically and have bigger broods that survive as you definitely see more than kestrals or less its down to hunting techniques as in hovering why we see them more....

@rcmakingtracks18 Жыл бұрын

Truly wonderful, liked and subscribed. Thanks for sharing. Love birds of all shapes and sizes. Truly amazing. John

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Great 👍 welcome to my channel

@Loopylulu8 Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness Si, how special is that bird wow? It will be great if she breeds & has the pond & surroundings as her territory! What a treat watching her I love Goshawks such a powerful magnificent bird, I'd live to see one in the wild in fact I've never seen a kite or goshawk, I remember seeing hobbies hunting insects over a river in Norfolk I was absolutely made up they were nesting in some trees but were not much bigger than a bat.. Anyway great to see these icon British Isles birds ❤️🤍💙 .... P.S, I hope this Avian influenza passes, it is affecting this year's fledgling Herring gulls where I live down south... Thank you Simon for your tireless work your dedication to helping our natural world its second to none, Respect 🙏

@musia1861 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Thank you so much 💓

@BirdBath1 Жыл бұрын

Musia, look at bird bath

@bachershire3693 Жыл бұрын

A pure beauty 😍!

@jesseibarra5539 Жыл бұрын

I bet you are so happy to catch this video right I would have been 2 weeks ago I was feeding my birds or the Birds and a big big owl swoop by it Miss the birds but it was Majestic looking I love these types of videos this is what happens when nobody's out there looking awesome God is good

@rami_ungar_writer Жыл бұрын

Those eyes of hers are so intense!

@zacharryguerin6512 Жыл бұрын

lovely bird the goshawk great find Robert 👍

@RobertEFuller Жыл бұрын

Yes it was quite something to have it visiting my little pond

@gordonfisher8842 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff, stunning raptor 👍

@TSUNAMI-MAMI Жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous lady

@davefenna6741 Жыл бұрын

Great clear video 👍

@Phlowermom Жыл бұрын

Well, you're going to get a Stellar Yelp! review from this little Ladyhawke!

@mariethiers6915 Жыл бұрын

WOW! 💯 What an experience to see this great video! Amazing, to say the least! Thank you so much for posting, and also for comparing its size with Buzzard and Sparrow Hawk! The way and speed of how it took the pray! Geesh.😯🪄⭐❣