Buzzards - Sparrow Hawks -Red Kites - Wildlife Photography Hides

[@RobertEFuller]

Hi 👋 nice video 😊 Yes the sparrowhawk is definitely a young male from this year  Unfortunately text books and identification pictures and literature is incredibly misleading in the UK and in most cases incorrect for some reason, which leads to the confustion Both males and female sparrowhawks are brown in juvenile plumage it takes around 3 years for them to get there full adult plumage and as they get older there colours become more intense And yes in general males have more colour than females But females are ofen described as brown but in fact, all females in adults plumage have a grey appearance on their backs wings and and top of there head and can have orangey buff colours on there breast flanks cheeks have filmed a female for years with vivid colours like a male orange breast and cheeks slate grey back I filmed her every year nesting until she was 7 years old, because of her colours people tell me she is a male But males don’t lay eggs ? I have been lucky enough to film and photograph 9 different Sparrowhawks nesting over the years and there is a lot of variation in colours many based on the age of the bird I still remain bemused by the books and identification information out there which causes great confusion on a common species Nice video and keep up promoting amazing UK wildlife

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Hi Robert, many thanks for the feedback and information, very much appreciated and very helpful. I do tend to find that looking to identify birds in books, online etc very few appear to be the same, and colours can change from one book to the next.🥴 But many thanks for your info, I am sure there will be a few out there that will find this very helpful. Love your videos and work 👍 Ash

[@relichunter7984]

It’s a great place, very well organised. I’ve had some fantastic days at all of his hides.

[@tommoodie-cy7dr]

Juvenile Sparrowhawk 👍

[@Wanderer_Journal]

Wow beautiful video ❤❤

[@kathrynhall9920]

Fantastic video and thanks for posting.

[@adrian-l1r5e]

Cracking video and Cracking shots

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Cheers Adrian 👍

[@deaneades-birdmad3389]

Beautiful Superb set up

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Many thanks, Dean, yeh he has a great set up in all the hides well worth the visit. 👍

[@shauncraffey3580]

Lovely video I had a similar experience with a Sparrow Hawk it’s awesome looking forward to Mull Vid. 😊👍

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Yeah hopefully get the Mull video out for next week, the problem I'm finding is that when I'm going through my photos, the thousands of them, I now have 142 keepers to narrow down for the video it's quite a task lol.😵‍💫

[@davehodgkiss]

a brilliant film great images well done regards Dave

[@russrichards]

Cracking video, as always from you, Ash! 👏👏👏

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Many thanks, Russ, glad you enjoyed this one and thank you for the continued support 👍

[@chrisvanrijswijk2793]

Nice video. The tree sparrow is a house sparrow.

[@krzysztofbetcher2907]

super video i zdjecia

[@shaungriffin1968]

Wow what a place - thank you 🙏 added to my list 😊

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Hi Sean many thanks for your comment yes it is a fantastic place and don't forget to go to the website he has lots of hides to choose from I'm plenty going on, the hides are of a very high standard, and probably some of the best in the country.

[@davespriggs6170]

Great video Ashley, looks like a amazing hide. Must go sometime. Keep up the good work.

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Cheers Dave 👍

[@petertown9467]

I've already booked this hide for this month nice to see someone showing it off.

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Hi Peter many thanks for your comment, well hopefully you'll have a successful day just as I did, you just have to keep your wits about you and keep looking out into both Windows because you have no idea what's going to happen. 👍

[@petertown9467]

@@WildlifePhotographerUK Thank you for this response I've been to Toms place a couple of times to do the kingfishers and that was excellent so really looking forward to this new hide.

[@KennethDuggan.Wildlife]

Class

[@jamesbarnes3063]

Nice video, Wish I could find one near me in Arizona

[@markseymour2121]

Recently did Toms Kingfisher hide, and was awesome. Have this hide booked for next year.

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Hi Mark, the Kingfisher Hide is great, I did that earlier this year along with the Marsh Harriers, that video is here if you have not seen it, kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6nPepihiZ2cfKM 👍thanks for the comment and I hope you have a good day in the Dyke hide when you go.

[@Ryanswildlifephotography]

Brilliant video mate, I've literally done the same hide recently and gotten my video up a couple of days ago. Such an amazing hide for sure, will be going back again!

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

wow yeh just watched yours mate very good buddy, its a great hide, in fact all his hides are pretty good I have to say. 👍

[@Ryanswildlifephotography]

@@WildlifePhotographerUK Thanks so much mate !!! And I'm totally going to look at some of his other hides too after this experience!

[@jacektoch6979]

Very nice video 😀 If you shooting through the glass and loosing one stop of light how did you managed to shot at F2.8? Thanks

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

You can still take photos at f/2.8 through the glass, you just need to compensate by increasing the ISO or lowering the shutter speed 👍

[@colincarter3120]

the glass doesn't stop you shooting at whatever f stop you want it just means that with the one stop of light loss you will be shooting at wither twice the iso or half the shutter speed you would normally be shooting at.

[@caitlinthomas2273]

I really want to go to the hide, what’s the best time to go?

[@WildlifePhotographerUK]

Hi Caitlin, the sooner the better, it is pretty active now, just send Tom a message on his website for the Dyke hide www.wildlife-photography-hides.co.uk/contact.aspx