Red Kite Feeding Station - Bellymack Hill Farm, Laurieston, Caste Douglas
Red kites diving for food at the feeding station at Bellymack Hill Farm, Laurieston near Castle Douglas. Feeding time is 2pm daily and you can stand on a large terrace area to watch. Not for those who didn't appreciate Hitchcock's 'The Birds', but if you like birds of prey these are one of the more colourful species and the station lets you get a lot closer view than you would get of these birds in the wild as they are shy, wary creatures - they swoop in, but they never land and they took about an hour to get up the courage circling above the station before one made it's move - once one goes they all swoop in for a bit of a feeding frenzy!
Red Kites Feeding at Gigrin Farm in Wales - Filmed in Slow Motion
Red Kites Feeding at Gigrin Farm, Rhayader in Wales - Filmed in Slow Motion
Video Produced by Paul Dinning - Wildlife in Cornwall
Filmed in Match 2019
Red Kite feeding station at Gigrin Farm, Wales
at Rhayader, Powys in June 2014
Red Kite Feeding Station, Laurieston, Dumfries and Galloway
Galloway Red Kite Trail gallowaykitetrail.com
2pm daily feed at Bellymack Hill Farm kite feeding station, Laurieston
Red Kite (Milvus milvus) feeding station
Filmed at the Bellymack Hill Farm Red Kite feeding station, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on 27th November 2013 with a Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.
See the link below for information about the feeding station
For information about the status and ditribution of this species in the UK see the link below to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) fact-sheet
For information about the global status, distribution and ecology of this species, see the link below to the BirdLife International fact-sheet
Red Kites at Gigrin Farm - Feeding The Red Kites from The Farm Tractor
Red Kites at Gigrin Farm - Feeding The Red Kites from The Farm Tractor
Video Produced by Paul Dinning
Filmed in March 2019
WALES feeding of red kites, Gigrin farm Rhayader (hd-video)
Footage of our revisit to Gigrin farm at Rhayader.
Feeding takes place every day at 2 pm (during summertime 3 pm).
There is a small admission fee and the show lasts about half an hour. Take a seat in one of the bird hides and watch hundreds of red kites diving and grabbing the food (in real time and slow motion).
Gigrin Farm, Red Kite Feeding Station, May 2018.
Gigrin Farm, is a Red Kite feeding station in Rhayader Wales. It offers an amazing opportunity to view these majestic birds up close, whilst feeding.
Gigrin Farm Red Kite Feeding. Powys, Wales.
Wild Red Kites are fed at Gigrin Farm every day of the year. With breathtaking feats of aerial piracy red kites compete with buzzards and ravens for choice pickings. Feeding takes place at 2pm GMT = 3pm in summer & 2pm winter.
As soon as the meat has been put out the crow family start emerging from the surrounding trees. As the first crows land amongst the meat the kites go on the offensive. Kites watch and wait their chance to furl their wings and dive in, skimming the ground to snatch a scrap before rising suddenly to escape the beaks of the angry crows. Many kites appear to miss their target by a wide margin but are actually intent on flushing meat laden crows into the air from where they can be mugged by the very best in the business!
With the meat clutched in its talons the kite will make for clear airspace where it can feel secure enough to feed. With its 1.8 metre wings spread out for stability the head turns down to meet with its forward lifted legs. Now the kite can feed, but must still keep an eye out for other marauding kites. The number of kites using the feeding station can vary anything from a few dozen to 400 or more depending on weather and time of year.
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Red Kite and Buzzard feeding on Pheasant
Several Red Kites and a Buzzard feeding on a dead Pheasant in my garden over Christmas There are also a couple of Magpies and Rooks getting in on the action. Filmed in Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire
Red Kite Feeding In Our Garden (pt1)
Living up here in the Cambrian Mountains we are entertained each day by the wildlife. Red kites are a huge part of life up here, and their antics keep us amused most day.
Enjoy.
Music is Nature Calls from the Fey album.
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Galloway Red Kite Trail in Scotland
In Dumfries and Galloway it was quite a cloudy day but the weather brightened up in the afternoon to go to Bellymack Hill Farm to see the Red Kites being fed. They were quite a long way off from the viewing area and very, very quick as they swooped down to the feeding table. Although I had no tripod, I hope you like my video and see how fascinating it was to see these Red Kites. Suitable for Children and Family viewing
Red Kites - Scotland 2016
Knutsford Ornithological Society Tour of Dumfries and Galloway 2106.
The Red Kite feeding station at Bellymack Hill Farm.
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Red Kites feeding Gigrin Farm
Red Kite Feeding Station
Feeding station near Loch Ken ...Well worth a visit
Red Kites Feeding in the Snow at Argaty Red Kites, near Stirling, Scotland
Clip of red kites feeding in the snow at Argaty Red Kites near Doune, Stirlingshire. Red kites were reintroduced into Scotland and have become a real success story. This video was taken by Steven Marshall, a volunteer at the farm.
Meat is put down for the birds which brings them in. In winter, the birds gather in large groups.
More info argatyredkites.co.uk
Red Kites at Ballymark Hill Farm June 3rd 2018
A selection of edited pictures taken at the farm
Buzzards feeding at Kite feeding station
Buzzards feeding at a Kite feeding station at Llandeusant Wales. They eat on the ground, Kites swoop in to pick up meat, often dropping the meat. Ravens and other birds join in for the feast.