Harvest Time Raptors

I have spent a fair amount of time over the past week or so watching the combines bringing in the harvest of wheat, barley and oilseed rape across miles of rolling downs here in South Wiltshire, images of which I shall put in my next post.

Following in their wake have been the buzzards, red kites and kestrels putting on a magnificent aerial display as they make the most of this newly exposed hunting ground.

Here are some images taken of them:




RED KITES









BUZZARDS










KESTRELS





 

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