Hello again my friend. I was very lucky on this day, with the weather, an actual parking spot (like gold dust at this location) and the most important of all... the Kites turned up. Thank you for your continued support and always positive comments. Much appreciated. Have a great weekend, my good friend. 👍◕‿◕

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and for your kind comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hi Stefanie, I hope you are well and life is good my friend. I agree with you that they are indeed a stunning bird of prey and I only wish I could see them closer to home, as opposed to around a 100 miles journey... but well worth it for the fabulous day(s) I had at this location. Wow! seeing 30 at once must have been amazing! I am considering going to the farm in Wales where they feed them and I would hope to see 30 or so myself. I was very impressed with their skills and how they use their tail as a rudder and effortlessley glide silently, surprising their prey. Thank you as always for your continued support and always leaving nice comments. I wish you a wonderful weekend my good friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hello again, thank you for your continued support and kind comment. Always appreciated. Good luck to you the next time you are out in nature my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Thank you for your visit and kind words. 👍◕‿◕

안녕하세요 친구님, 이렇게 좋은 댓글을 시청하고 남겨주셔서 감사합니다. 👍◕‿◕

G'day Bernie, I hope you are well and all is good. Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it. The dry stone wall building is indeed a wonderful skill and a dying trade, sadly. Have a great weekend mate. 👍◕‿◕

Thank you for your visit and for your comment, my friend.... but my channel was demonetised and so there are NO ADVERTS anyway... lol 👍◕‿◕

Thank you for your kind comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hello there, I'm glad you enjoyed watching. Thank you for your continued support and for your kind comments 👍◕‿◕

Hi Stefan, I don't usually see Red Kites anywhere within 50 miles or more to my home and had only ever seen a handful before I ventured out on a 3 hour drive to this location and it was a real treat for me. Thank you as always for your comment, my good friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hello Andrea, I hope everyone is well and life is good at your end, my dear friend. For me to be able to put such a video together, usually means a full season (or more) of building up short scenes, perhaps filmed over many different days. But most of the better scenes were all filmed in a single day, which was amazing! I have not seen a Red Kite since last July (ish) but I am so looking forward to returning to this location, as there are other nice birds around there too. I do love your Black Kite videos, especially the slow motion scenes.... are Cicadas those amazingly noisy Beetles? I came across these in Spain but each time I got closer to them, they went silent and disappeared lol. Thank you as always for watching and for your thoughtful comments Andrea. It was only when I was last on your channel that I noticed all the 'shorts' videos you have.... I do not get notifications for those and nobody gets them for my shorts either. I was disappointed with the views from the shorts and it seems like a waste of time but if you have a short scene that can't really be made into a full video, then it is better to make the short, I suppose. Anyway, I will have a watch of another of your videos now and I will get through them all soon my dear and much valued friend. *Big hugs*

Hello there, I'm glad you enjoyed watching. It was one of my favourite places and favourite days out of the year. The Kites are truly wonderful to watch. Thank you for for your kind comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hi Anita, I hope you are well my dear friend. I was pretty lucky on this day that the Kites showed every half an hour or so and there was rarely nothing nice to see. It is funny as I was stood behind the only tree and as I was filming the Kite, there was a Goldcrest hopping all around and up and down the ivy covered tree trunk. That was until I stopped filming the Kites and it took off at the same time, lol. It is right up there with one of my best days out last season. Thank you for your continued support and I wish you a lovely weekend, my dear friend. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK It is great that it was a good day. Goldcrest surely did not want to be filmed :) Warmest greetings!

Hi Pavel, I hope you are well my friend. They are a wonderful predator to watch and these scenes were the best I have ever seen the bird, as there are none within 100 miles of my home, aside from an occasional one seen passing through. Thank you for your kind comment my good friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hi Rosco, I hope you are well and things are all good. Yes, the location is great for birding and especially for birds of prey on the edge of the moorland. Having said that, I have been there and seen next to nothing with no B.O.P. I have had 3 good days to one ok day there, but each time I have truly enjoyed being there. There's hardly ever a sighting in Lancashire, so it was a 2 1/2 hour drive to Yorkshire, close to Leeds. I'm sure they will spread out more yet, as they seem to be down South, as well as in Scotland. I absolutely loved watching them for several hours one day, as it was all new to me and I love to learn of bird behaviours and how they hunt their prey etc. I am very busy as always and am working through the various pains, but am doing well at the moment and making progress. Thank you as always for your continued support, my Deer friend. 🦌 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK glad to here you’re doing ok 👌 yes just being out in nature is a great day even if you don’t always get to see what you want. The red kite has spread so fast so it won’t be long until you see one locally infact they could be in an area that you are not aware of already that’s what happened to me. Good luck in the coming months hope it warms up soon

@@UKSTAGROSCO Warmth? what is that' lol. Still no carpets down and now 2 doors are off downstairs and the fire is broke, plus radiators off the walls... so it is bloody freezing and we are using electric blow heaters which cost a lot to run but they are on around 15 hours a day or we will freeze, lol. You may be right with the Red Kites, as Lancashire has so many suitable places for them. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK oh no that sounds terrible hope it warms up fast for u then. Get lots of warm clothes on and hot water bottles 🥶😫

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and for your kind comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hi Gijs, they are a bird i have only seen twice within 50 miles of my home, so I rarely see them. I wasn't aware they had these in flight acrobatic skills until the day I captured the scenes on film either, so I was very happy and it is always great to learn new things. Thank you for your kind words my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Me alegro que hayas disfrutado. Gracias por mirar y por tu amable comentario, amigo mío. 👍◕‿◕

Thank you for your visit and for your kind comment. 👍◕‿◕

Hi Steve, I hope you are well and life is good my good friend. Indeed their acrobatic skills are truly wonderful and to be honest, I wasn't aware they could tumble and swoop as shown in the video, something I have not seen in other videos I have watched. BTW my friend, as I know you visit Marton Mere, i can tell you an Otter has appeared and I saw it last week and it has been seen a few times by others too. Marsh harriers have been visiting regular too and it is a great photo opportunity as you don't often get so close to them. I hope you have some luck and a great time, when you are next out in Nature my friend and thank you as always. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK . Wow otters , that would be an amazing sight. Thanks for letting me know 👍👍👍

Hello there, indeed you could be right. When the kites were just gliding they were easy to follow, but they do make unexpected twists and turns and i try to anticipate which way it will go.... then lose it lol. But not always. Thank you for watching and always leaving a positive comment, my good friend. 👍◕‿◕

Thank you for watching and for your kind comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Thank you for your visit and for your kind comment. 👍◕‿◕

Hello to you and thank you for visiting my channel. I am glad you enjoyed watching and thank you for your kind comment, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Hi Dave and Sue... you guys have been on so many trailvan adventures I see you making videos several times a week! I'm glad you found time to watch this and I'm pleased to be the one who shows it you for the first time. We hardly ever hear of any sighting in Lancashire, so I went to Yorkshire to film these and what a wonderful day I had there... I have been back a few times but nothing matched this 14 hour day. I was there from around 7.30am until after 10pm and didn't get home until after 1am, totally shattered, lol. And how many Beetles and Worms would it take to satisfy one of these huge birds of prey, I wonder? I agree with you that it was displaying and perhaps showing off his hunting skills to attract a mate. 2 other Kites appeared to show interest in this guy after the 'show' he put on. I'm guessing it was a male, as they are almost impossible to tell which is which... they say 'without a blood test'!!! There is also a Hen Harrier appears on the moorside in the background for a few seconds. On this same day and location, I filmed a 'Little Owl' and Tawny Owl... what a day huh. Thank you both as always, my dear friends. 👍◕‿◕

Stunning stuff - we're very luck we have a lot of Red Kites around here - one quarters above the house each morning on it's daily round Love them - especially as they were nearly extinct over here 👍👍👍👍@@WildlifeBirdsUK

Hello again Manu, I'm pleased you enjoyed watching this magnificent raptor in flight. I'm glad you appreciate the difficulty of filming such birds in flight too my friend, and thank you, as always. 👍◕‿◕

Hi Beyonce, it's interesting that you saw a similar type of bird in your backyard. I wonder what it was? ... we'll never know. It is good that it helped you remember the bird you saw and I'm glad you enjoyed watching. Thank you as always for you kind words and interesting comments, my dear friend.👍◕‿◕

Hello my friend, I hope you are well. I find it easier to follow the bigger birds, especially when gliding along. Other than that it is often hard when you are zoomed as close as you can. I was thrilled with what I managed to capture and I am not often so pleased with my own footage, but usually think others do very well. I used 2 different tracks of music and stitched them as one and they turned out well. thank you as always for your positive comments and support. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK Yes, you did a very high quality job. Often, when you photograph birds in flight, focus is lost due to the difference in the distance to the lens.

Thank you for your kind comment and your continued support, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Guten Morgen Petra, ich freue mich, dass dir das Video gefallen hat und dass du auch gerne hier bist. Vielen Dank für Ihre anhaltende Unterstützung und vielen Dank für Ihre freundlichen Kommentare, mein lieber Freund. 👍◕‿◕

Hello Milan, thank you for returning to watch another video and thank you for your kind comment my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Thank you for watching and for your kind comment 👍◕‿◕

Hello my friend, it is a huge thrill for me to see these fabulous raptors as I do not see them within 50 miles of my home and for these it was over 100 miles and a 2 1/2 hour drive. But as you see, it is easily worth the journey to hopefully see gthese birds. Keeping the birds in frame is tricky, depending on the speed, size and agility of the bird... with a bigger bird often the easiest. Most of the time, these Kites were fairly easy to film, but you have to be in the right place at the right time and tucked behind a tree or wall etc so as not to continually catch the eye of the raptor, which could spook it away. I found practcing filming Gulls in flight really does help to develop your skills and you can never get enough practice. Thank you as always my friend. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK Thank you for sharing your tips about filming a flying bird. Reading your response brought a smile to my face, as I often struggle to keep a bird walking in my small backyard within the frame and in the focus.😅

@@hungrybirds_aus lol, I think you would be better with a palm held camcorder. I used one for the first couple of years on this channel and still use it occasionally. They are not too expensive either and on eBay probably less than £100 GBP. And you just pop it in your pocket and nobody knows you have a camera with you. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK 👍Nice suggestion! Cheers!

Thank you as always for watching and for your kind comments my friend. 👍◕‿◕

Thank you my friend, it just takes practice to put yourself in an area where there are known to be raptors and wait in the hoope that one might appear... then it is down to your photography skills. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK Yes, this is an important property - patience and planning :) I can sit in ambush for hours :)

@@lifewatcherkonstantin1637 Good luck in the future when you are out in nature, my friend. 👍◕‿◕

@@WildlifeBirdsUK Thank you :) More sunny days and interesting bird encounters for you :)