This Animal Should NOT Be In The UK

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[@WildlifeWithCookie]

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[@carolkemp5935]

Thank you MPB for sponsoring this very interesting video. It would be great to see more like this. It's similar to Ferris bird watching videos which are done in the USA.

[@NewmNetwork]

I agree! They need to be brought back to Australia. They are going to wreck havoc on the habitat over there.

[@hodaka1000]

I've got one here nesting in a large strangler fig tree over my back fence It was outside my backdoor an hour ago just before dark eating minced meat with the local magpies 🇦🇺

[@owenwilson25]

It is ILLEGAL to smuggle native birds, eggs and other animals from Australia. Your animal sanctuary was a CRIMINAL operation and its operators ARE CRIMINALS responsible for killing hundreds of Australian birds and other animals. Criminals come to Australia, enter our national parks searching for eggs to smuggle out killing more than 90% in the process and decimating the native nests ; they make money from the few that survive, they don't care about the animals they kill and endanger.

[@sirmixcomps]

aye mate gimme me birds back

[@maxring837]

We'll come get our Kookaburras if you come and get your rabbits.

[@patricia8546]

Rabbits are not really native to Britain. They were introduced by the Romans who brought them as food

[@malteseowl]

@@patricia8546 Agreed- apparently ALL rabbits began in Spain. Wonder why ??

[@delfraser5399]

@@patricia8546it was the English that brought them over though. They wanted it to be like the motherland.

[@feelincrispy7053]

I would say foxes too but they are pretty cute so I guess they can stay. Have eaten quite a few of my chickens though lol keeping in mind I’m deep in suburbia next to the beach in Victoria

[@mikdavies5027]

@@delfraser5399. The same can be said about most of the population of Australia!!

[@bustermorley8318]

The best way to attract Kookaburras is to have a BBQ. Just wait and they will show up. They are nature's freeloaders.

[@Fanta....]

Magpies are the real freeloaders.

[@zzodysseuszz]

No those are bin chickens.

[@waveman1500]

@@zzodysseuszzEmus will steal a sausage straight off your BBQ.

[@YeahNo]

Theoretically then you should see them at Bunnings on the weekend but we don’t.

[@Rodger_Phillips]

Seagulls we're 200kms inland and we still get them at ours along with the Kookaburra's, Magpies and when in QLD the Ibis (Bin Chickens) and on Bin Collection day the neighbourhood gets visited by the local Corvids who want to remind people to no overload their general waste bins

[@christopherbrett]

As an Australian on a ‘working holiday’ in London back 1997/99…I remember fondly going to London Zoo & seeing the Kookaburra exhibit & calling to them…. Other visitors to the zoo, looked at me like I was a bit loony….then the 5/6 kookaburras (from memory) started responding to my call. All kooka’s went nuts! They call to show & reinforce their territory! I took a bow; from the wandering visitors & was told that regular visitors had never heard them call! It was a highlight for me… Christopher

[@edwinakastner8806]

Poor kookaburras That zoo should be fined. I’m Australian They will sing back at you if you call them. Perhaps use a video of them ‘laughing’ and see if they respond. Wish they could come back home and eat native foods here.

[@patriciadawson4164]

That's the first thing I thought to call them, because they will call back 🙂 I don't know how I feel about the UK have our Kookaburras, I feel a bit ripped off 😂

[@travcat66]

I’ve seen videos of emus in America, they’re not pets, send them back home

[@lindaderoos5240]

They’re a variety of kingfishers, so it’s not surprising that they’re surviving

[@lindaderoos5240]

Are you looking early in the day when they would be out foraging?

[@lindaderoos5240]

Well, females would be sitting on eggs somewhere hidden 🙄

[@tallyhorizzla3330]

I only recently discovered that Kookaburras are not native to Western Australia but brought over to control the snakes population in the late 1800's. They ate the snakes but as you pointed out they eat just about anything. We've fed them strip's of steak and they fly off and whack the steak on a hard surface like they do with snakes and other small critters. Kookaburras laughing and magpies warbling are the sound of morning in Australia

[@stevenlowe3026]

And they have no natural enemies in WA, so they are more common than in the east.

[@AndyJarman]

They escaped a wildlife park at Quinn's Rocks in the 1960s and up until 30 years ago you couldn't find them anywhere south of Yanchep. Today they are all the way down in Walpole.

[@glennt7214]

If you play audio of a kookaburra laughing it will get their attention and they will start singing too. (usually)

[@YeahIDontKn0wEither]

Because they're like 'Oi! Where's me cousin Jeremy at?'

[@mjh5437]

@@YeahIDontKn0wEither "Bruce"

[@barnowl.]

As Australian here. We have a densely treed 'bush block' weekender of 20 acres/9 hectares in the country near Wombat Forest in Central Victoria, Australia and there are many kookaburras and other types of birds there as well as kangaroos, wombats, echidnas and reptiles. The kookas always greet us when we arrive with a loud peel of laughter. They kill snakes by diving onto them , flying off with them and whipping the snakes around until the snake's back is broken. And they hang they around when we fire up the barbeque for dinner.

[@bigbad6983]

Wombat Forest and the Lerderderg Gorge have always been my fav place to spend the weekend with the the Boys or family. Keep an eye out for mine shafts, especially close to the waterways.

[@lorrainericardo8680]

oh yeah , they've been known to steal your sausage from your hand , cheeky little buggers they are , they love meat

[@chamberpot969]

Let's swap.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

I'm an Aussie.... it's kind of sad to know that there are Kookaburras, living in an environment that is nothing like their native home.

[@malteseowl]

UK is so full of immigrants - including Aussies. Where did Rolf Harris come from ? Remind me.

[@pinballrobbie]

We now have them in New Zealand, brought over by Governor Grey, along with Wallabies and Sulphur crested Cockatoos.

[@allangibson8494]

Kookaburras don’t mind freezing conditions - they live in the Australian Alps.

[@arnolddavies6734]

As an Aussie resident it makes me angry they have “kidnapped” our beloved Kookaburras and released them into that bleak Scottish environment.

[@mystikmind2005]

"I'm an Aussie.... it's kind of sad to know that there are Kookaburras, living in an environment that is nothing like their native home." Yep, we Australians have changed their 'native' home quite extensively with all our cities, roads, farms and all the rest of it.

[@Lee.Freeman]

You don't find kookaburras, they find you ☕️😎🦘

[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

BBQ thieves

[@brontewcat]

Easiest way to find a kookaburra- is to camp near a group and in the morning have a bacon and egg breakfast. Once when we were camping, my partner had a piece of bacon in his hand about to put it in his mouth. Next thing we hear a flap of wings, and the bacon was gone along with a very self -satisfied bird. It flew up to a tree, and then it ate the bacon in front of him. At least it had the decency not to start laughing at him.

[@a24-45]

Hi Cookie, tell Bradley the groundkeeper at the golf course that he can easily attract the kookburras by digging in the soil ( if they are near enough to see him).These birds will come and silently perch nearby if you are working the soil, and they sit motionless for ages, waiting to see if you turn up any worms. You mightn't know they are so close to you, until they pounce onto the ground near your spade, to scoop up a grub. (This is the 3rd way to attract these birds. Many of the comments mention the first, which is to play a recording of their laugh, or mimic it; and the second which is to barbecue meat outside, where the aroma will travel. BTW it is hilarious to watch a kookaburra making sure to beat even a tiny piece of meat to death on a branch, before it eats.)

[@brianandrea3249]

I feel a little sad for them. I hate seeing our Aussie wildlife in places we’re the don’t belong and become maligned (hello NZ!) when they are so loved at home. They are all unique and pretty special. We have Kookaburras in our neighbourhood. Waking up to their call in the early morning is really special and iconically Australian. To hear them in the UK just wouldn’t feel right.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

I'm from Florida originally. It's surprising those birds don't live there too. Florida is overrun with invasive critters and plants and trees. I can't think of any Aussie animals running around there but there are lots of Australian pines at the beaches and on islands in the bays. And lots of "punk trees", paperbark trees or something like that, bottlebrush trees and other flora. But Florida is covered in plants and trees from elsewhere just like it has crazy fauna. It's really sad, but I'll admit I enjoyed the exotic fruits in Florida and I bet some came from Down Under. Cheers from Virginia.

[@mousenation3867]

You’ve made my day with that red squirrel footage it’s awesome. They’re magical. I must say I’m glad the kookaburra can’t breed our wildlife is seriously threatened already. It’s sad for them though, especially for the last one standing all alone in the wrong country through no fault of its own.

[@Scottylyn]

I live in kirkcudbright and have had the two kookaburra sitting in a wall looking in our kitchen window👏👏👍😃. I have a pic if you want to see it👍

[@derekwallace1763]

So you've found a bush alarm clock (kookaburra) they usually call at 5 in the morning

[@alphgeek]

We have the currawongs where I am as the pre-dawn alarm.

[@ShoaibKhan-wv8zc]

This channel deserves a lot more subscribers and views

[@allisalie101]

All you needed to do was be at the golf course at dawn or sunset as the Kookaburras will get together and laugh for a little while. They tend to do it in the same place every time, with other birds answering from other areas etc. which may affect their penchant to call without other birds around, I don't know to be honest. But they're everywhere here where I live and we hear and see them daily. As well as Cockies, Rosellas, Wattle Birds etc. etc. FYI, Burra's live in the blue mountains here which get a hell of a lot of snow so they can adapt to the cold pretty well.

[@dogcalledholden]

Kookaburras call and respond. All you need do is to play their call loud enough, and they'll turn up.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

They need to laugh, it’s their way of communicating. It’s like us not talking, that’s sad. Yes, they need to learn how to be vocal again. So glad I’m here in Aus, being woken up with laughter coming from the trees😊

[@keef78]

Too bloddy right it shouldnt be there!, as an australian it makes me sick to see our native protected wildlife smuggled by vile people for profit.

[@11henger]

Calm down big fella

[@lindamcgregor4080]

I agree 💯

[@richardm7004]

That's OK - they can have our non-native to Tasmania introduced Kookaburras instead.

[@zaccat693]

nothing to say they were "smuggled in". They may have come by legal means to the animal sanctuary.

[@Renzy-LuLu]

​Yet we see people in America with "exotic pets" like frill neck lizards! We're not allowed to have native animals as pets here! ​@@zaccat693

[@artistjoh]

It is surprising that they are not making any noise because Kookaburras laugh a lot. Maybe the miserable weather was keeping them quiet. Also strange that they are staying in the area. I thought all Australians eventually gravitate to Earl's Court, and Australia House in The Strand. I am not surprised the locals love them. Kookaburra's are friendly birds (love pieces of chopped raw steak if you want to feed them) and everyone loves their laughing call. Plus they help keep the mice population down. I remember them on the farm. They would come land on the mud guard of the tractor because they would feed on mice or snakes disturbed by tilling the ground. They would sit there, less than a meter from me and I would talk to them. As I said, very friendly birds. They like humans, and the feeling is mutual.

[@mjh5437]

There are no Australians in Earls Court,you`re about 40 years out of date.

[@artistjoh]

@@mjh5437 I know that, but the legendary Australian-ness of Earls Court in the 1970's and 80's became a bit of a joke that has outlived the reality. That is how I was using it here.

[@andrewrussack8647]

I live in near the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia. We have a number of kookaburras in the area. Their call is iconic. And as a number of commentators have stated, imitate their call and they will respond! ‘Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry, merry king of the bush is he. Laugh kookaburra, laugh kookaburra, gay your life must be!’

[@SOUTHAUSSIEGUY]

I have a family of 7 Kooka's that come for breakfast most mornings - greets from Adelaide Hills, South Australia.

[@barbturnbull]

The Kookaburra was first seen at Loch Ken Caravan Park in June 2013. It then moved on to Castle Douglas before it ended up in Kirkcudbright.

[@richardm7004]

Hopefully 2 males or 2 females. You really don't want these things breeding in the UK. I live in Tasmania where Kookaburras are non-native, having been introduced from the SE Australian mainland over 100 years ago; they've caused a lot of damage here, particularly of concern being endemic bird species, not found outside Tasmania. They're generalists which eat anything and everything, snakes, lizards, amphibians, small rodents etc., They're also devastating to nesting birds, they'll eat both chicks and eggs. The fact that they've survived for several years in the wild tells you that they'd likely breed very successfully too.

[@stevep2430]

The Kookaburra are not just on the east coast of Australia as you stated, but also inhabit many areas around Australia, including the west coast. Feel sorry for those two birds that are not in their native habitat.

[@johndiddilyjoe6258]

They were introduced to Western Australia and other parts. They are natively from the Eastern mainland.

[@BigRedsCrib]

They are native to all 3 eastern states, parts of South Australia, Torres Strait and New Guinea. They have also been introduced and live in Southern WA, Tasmania, Kangaroo Island and New Zealand.

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

​@@BigRedsCribTheyre definitely on KI, loud buggas! Had no idea they were introduced. Cheers.

[@philroberts7238]

I feel sorry for them too, but only because there's nowhere for them to find a mate. I agree that all species of wildlife are better off in their native habitats, and also that habitats are better off for the most part without foreign, non-native species being introduced. Having said that, I doubt the creatures themselves are jingoistic nationalists - seeing that nationalism in itself is merely an artificial human imposition upon the natural world. The natural, non-human, world is amazingly resilient and adaptive and the spread of species is a continuous process, reliant on a whole raft of causes. It's one reason why our own species, for example, is not confined to a small part of Africa.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@philroberts7238 True. But, by the number of dog-chain hitch points and body-branding on some of the young women(?) in the video, the regression to origin is well under way. 😵‍💫🙄😉

[@Kim_Miller]

Some kookaburra info. 1. Here in Australia nobody says 'laughing kookaburra'/ Drop the 'laughing', it's just weird to say that. It's no long the 1700s. 2. The plural of kookaburra is kookaburras, it takes the 's'. 3. If you want to locate them you are best being out in the trees just before sunrise and late afternoon. Those are the times they call to each other. I get woken about 5:30 each morning. 4. Although they eat just about anything, don't feed them chips or bread. And not even lean meat. They need lots of bones or snail shells etc. 5. If you sit quietly you might see them bring worms up to the surface by dropping stones from a high perch. They drop the stone, fly down and pick it up and drop it again. The noise brings up the worms. 6. You can sometimes locate them by mimicing their call. They are social birds with flocks of them in the one place. If they hear you call they will often respond.

[@robguyatt9602]

It's not actually wrong to say Laughing Kookaburra because there are two different species. Laughing Kookaburra and Bluewing Kookaburra. But you're right. We don't say the laughing bit. I can't say what Bluewings are usually called because here in SA we only have the Laughing variety. Edit, I've since learned there are actually 4 species.

[@kerriemccoy1647]

All kookaburras laugh not just the ones from S.A.

[@robguyatt9602]

Who said only SA Kookaburras laugh?

[@robguyatt9602]

@@kerriemccoy1647 Also, The Blue wing Kookaburra's call is not considered a laugh. It has similar aspects in its calls to the Laughing species but not the part that is what gives the Laughing Kookaburra its name.

[@gracecollins8415]

@@robguyatt9602 Bluewings are found further north and are often simply referred to as Kingfishers in Australia. ( Though I have heard of a riot of Laughing Kookaburras that cleaned out a Koi pond.)

[@ashleydoran5896]

Was literally saved by a kookaburra about 2 years ago, it nailed a eastern brown snake that I didnt spot and very nearly stood on. Yes, not only do they also attack snakes, but will happily eat them as well!!

[@TazzieTiger73]

Calling all animal lovers! Listen here and listen well. Cody Roberts of Wyoming has yet to be punished for his horrific crime of animal abuse towards a young wolf. If any of you care, please fight that real justice be met! No animal abuser should go off with just a slap on the wrist. We must come together to ensure no animal abuser get away with such an awful act! #JusticeForWolves

[@tdb7992]

I absolutely love Kookaburras. They're actually considered a pest here in Western Australia, but everyone loves them. They're native to Eastern Australia. I sometimes walk through a large cemetery near me and a few always fly down to watch you as you walk by. Hearing them at dawn and dusk is one of the best things about living in Australia. You should look up the Lyre bird - they are able to mimic a huge range of sounds perfectly. They mimic kookaburras so well.

[@mjh5437]

Lyre Birds are incredible!

[@usakousa]

Congratulations for finally seeing them after all that effort you put in, beautiful footage and a great video! It's my dream to see them but Australia is too far away, so maybe head to Scotland? I was touched by your enthusiasm in finding a red squirrel too. I live in the middle of Berlin, and they are everywhere in the city. I see 2 or 3 of them playing together in my backyard every day, and they come onto my balcony too (they can climb up high walls!)

[@robguyatt9602]

You mentioned Kookaburras are native to the Eastern Australia. This is a bit misleading. Actually there are two species of Kookaburra, the Bluewing Kookaburra and the Laughing Kookaburra. The Laughing is pretty well Australia wide whereas the Bluewing is predominantly across Northern Australia. I am from South Australia and a very keen hobby photographer. :)

[@JesseRay89]

They're actually introduced over here in Western Australia back in 1897 to reduce snake population so I think that's what he was alluding to.

[@nicynu6202]

I like it when the Kookaburras come for a visit, because the Crows bugger off, they know not to mess with the Kookaburra.

[@Gopherhuckyourself]

No birds mess with the kookaburras.

[@Rodger_Phillips]

15:38 your excitement for seeing the Red Squirrel makes evious, I am 53 and Australian and never been to the UK but man now I want to see a Red Squirrel for myself!

[@mollymuch2808]

I remember in old films from USA many years ago they used to have the kookaburra in the films when showing Africa

[@malcolmrickarby2313]

And cockatoos .😊

[@paulwalker5221]

As an Australian I am very sad that someone has released these Australian birds as the weather is not warm enough for the birds. They are regularly voted the most favourite bird in suburban Australia. The kookaburra laughing song is normally how they mark out their territories to other kookaburras.

[@rosella1919]

Kookaburras live in the Australian Alps, so cold isn’t a problem for them.

[@allangibson8494]

Kookaburras like warm feet - powerlines are warm…

[@susantescione8007]

It's wet and rainy. When many varieties of birds get wet, their feathers get waterlogged and they can't get lift. So they try to find dry places to perch where they can stay dry and relatively warm. If it is cold they could well go into torpor. Many of the buildings and enclosures at the former zoo can provide that kind of shelter. So if they are relatively smart, the birds will go hide away on a day like this. You ask how they can possibly survive. Birds are incredibly adaptable. There are clubs here in the Pacific Northwest that work will all types of parrots, particularly cockatoos, to acclimate them to the cold weather. They are literally outdoors in pens. The kookaburra have been there for many years and have long since adapted to the climate. We have had flocks of wild parrots here that escaped from a pet store and lived here in flocks for years.

[@mathewsharp233]

It snows every year at some point in mountains just west of Sydney and there is lots of kookaburras there and they live in the Vic and nsw high country as well which is covered in snow all winter so shouldn't have a problem surviving a UK winter.

[@malcolmrickarby2313]

Why would anyone want to disrupt their local ecosystem by introducing foreign birds and animals? It has lead to extinctions and ecological disasters all over the world.😮

[@katreyu2967]

South wa is very close in weather to Scotland hopefully there ok and not to much ecological damage is done 😂😢❤ enjoy them I guess 😅

[@zaccat693]

As an Aussie I love Kookaburras. They would come to my mothers backdoor for a feed. I tried to feed from my hand but they went for my fingers. They like minced meat, just a little so they still hunt for their own food. When they had babies they would come too.

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

i bet kookaburra is thinking, christ its to cold for me here, im heading to australia where its warm🤣😂

[@budawang77]

There are parts of their native range which can get cold and even get snow in winter.

[@dantemadden671]

Kookaburras live in the coldest places in Australia, such as the Australian Alps, blue Mountains, Grampians and many other Mountain ranges that get annual snowfall, saying it's too cold in the UK for them is like saying it's too hot for inland Taipans to live in the outback

[@FlipzPlayz]

he's probably dying for a root

[@Renzy-LuLu]

It's very cold half the year here In Tasmania Aus where they also live. They don't mind the cold

[@philcollinson328]

@@dantemadden671 True, I'm in TAS and we get snow every year.. The many local Kookaburras are quiet happy.

[@fleachamberlain1905]

Very interesting video. For future reference, if you ever decide to find them again, play a recording of kookaburra calls and if they're within earshot, you'll find them quickly. FYI: The plural is kookaburras.

[@currawongee1]

They'd know about it if they had a flock of sulphur crested cockatoos flying around.

[@garysheppard4028]

Kookaburra sits in an old gumtree Merry merry king of the bush is he... Probably not too many gumtrees in Scotland I'm guessing...

[@deano1873]

I was eating wok in a box in Perth (Western Australia) when the chopsticks disappeared out of my hands. I was shocked, looked up and a kookaburra was sitting 10m away spitting out the chopsticks in disgust and giving me a dirty look.

[@just_passing_through]

I just take kookaburra for granted, but I can understand how exciting it must have been for you to have seen them. I, however, was absolutely thrilled to see the red squirrel, as we have no squirrels here in Australia.

[@LGMUFO]

Well produced videos, and non-clickbait titles! You deserve so many more subs mate!

[@WestAussieBackyardNature]

Great video bloke👍 Glad you finally tracked em down. Like the Rainbow Lorikeet, kookas were introduced to Western Australia from the Eastern States of Australia & they displace our endemic birds like the Red-capped Parrot & Forest Red-tailed Cockatoos. Also the over hunting of lizards, goannas, skinks etc. They're a striking looking bird & full of personality, but you don't want them multiplying & decimating your native creatures ❌ Hopefully there's no females on the winds nearby. I had to rescue 2 of the buggers from the pool last summer. video on my channel here 👍 They're very cool & all, but can be destructive.

[@mj.l]

kookas will definitely eat those red squirrels :(

[@nevilleapple629]

Kookaburras are attracted to tractors mowing or tilling the ground and there would be a lot of that going on at the golf course .

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Used to have a local group follow me along as I turned the soil. One day 1 particularly enterprising individual tried to ride along on the tractor's raised forklift to steal a march on the competition. Only the local Australian Grey Butcherbirds were quicker on the draw in pouncing on the running mice and revealed grubs and worms. Funniest thing I ever saw was a Kooka on the ploughed ground with a mouse in its mouth - and surrounded by about 5 crows! Every so often 1 would bounce in and pull the Kooka's tail to try to make it drop the mouse and he would jump around to face that threat. Possession is 9 points of the law and eventually he made off with it! 😉 The sound of Blackbirds used to tell me that I was on holiday in Europe. The songs of Kookaburras, Butcherbirds and Australian Magpies welcomed my return home! 😊

[@geoffas]

"It's behind yoooo!" lol

[@ianmaher4348]

If you get up at dawn and listen you will hear the Kooaburas laugh, if not they're not around in that area.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

I don’t need to get up, I get gently woken up by the kookaburras laughing in the distance in an Aus Melbourne suburb in the trees, then I happily doze back off to sleep. The sound of them waking up is beautiful

[@TonyHamlyn]

Nothing worse than working an all nighter (or gaming, or watching American F1 rounds) and still up and awake and hearing them, that means the sun is about to rise and no chance of getting shut eye when 1 laugh turns to 2 turns to 10 (I live in a typical Sydney suburb, they live all around here within a few mins flight to Lane Cove National Park, but probably prefer the built up areas for all the goodies we humans intentionally and unintentionally leave out for them).

[@garymcguire8529]

Escaped zoo birds. I have seen a few escaped zoo birds in my time around London Zoo. The most famous being Goldie the Golden Eagle in the 1960's. There was a Little Egret that escaped in 2012 and still stayed in the zoo grounds, coming to feed with penguins at feeding time. I saw a Red-head Cardinal in the bushes near the zoo one day, from South America. 2 other recent London Zoo escaped birds include a Turkey Vulture that circled the GPO Tower, and a Tawny Eagle in Primrose Hill. In Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo has free flying Night Herons, so they must wander outside the zoo too.

[@stevenbeck5746]

Kookaburras are territorial so where it is seen the most is where it should be.

[@YeahNo]

Fun fact: In the original “Magnum P. I.” They added an audio track that included kookaburra calls to the scenes when Magnum is in the rainforest.

[@richardcrowell284]

I occasionally get kookaburras in the tree behind my back yard, my next door neighbor had a brown snake (the bight can be fatal) in his backyard it's head had been destroyed by a kookaburra. A friend of mine used to hand feed them from his back veranda. They love mince.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Yep. The Great Australian Bight is known for regularly hosting fatalities - often from drownings but the occasional Great White Shark chomping as well! 🤔😜😁

[@nqgamer]

You earnt a sub buddy. Your enthusiasm and love for animals is infectious, your promotion of a small local community is admirable, and as an Aussie, who has a group of Kookaburras visiting my yard regularly (and I’m 50% Scottish heritage), yeah, this video was a great recommendation form KZbin.

[@ned5231]

I saved a kookaburra once, he had tried to land on my picket fence, slipped and gotten his head stuck inbetween the pickets, no idea how long he was there I thought he was dead when I found him he was that exhausted, took him inside and sat him in a shoebox and chilled with him overnight till animal rescue could come pick him up in the morning

[@colindeer4908]

Hi Cookie ! What a surprise to watch your show and see our local bird alive and well in Scotland ! Our darling Kookaburra 's. Yes , they are very beautiful birds. We love in tropical North Queensland in Cairns and have a group of about 10 that frequent our palm trees. They call often ( laughing ) and are quite loud. I really enjoyed your video and am so pleased for the locals over there and for you , that you got to do all that wonderful filming ( also you got to see your little red squirrel too ). What a magnificent journey for you. Many thanks. Cheers. Colin

[@rosella1919]

I saw kookaburras and black swans when I was at Leeds Castle; Kent, in 2018. So strange to see our Australian birds in England. 🇦🇺

[@theohendrich8377]

my college has a Kookaburra called Cookie! I had to clean out the aviary last week for my last practical assignment lol

[@catshez]

I was going to say Cookie/Kookie is a common name for a Kookaburra 😂 Cookie's Kookies in Kirkcudbright 😅

[@thatDamnAusWhoFan]

Kookaburras are actually pretty iconic here. They dont go under the radar at all

[@lg5819]

Amazing video footage you captured of the Kookaburra. Apparently, there are Kookaburras living in Suffolk, England. A spokesman for Suffolk Wildlife Trust said it was first spotted about nine years ago, and it seems to have made itself quite at home in Suffolk.

[@johndiddilyjoe6258]

It's sad seeing animals so obviously out of their natural habitat.

[@sandythethird2292]

Frankly, it's good that those are both male, buras are very adaptable and would have no problems living in the uk, they can and will eat anything they can get their beaks on. Baby redbelly black snakes are a favourite around sydney.

[@garymcguire8529]

You should have played a Kookaburra call, this would work, as Kookaburras are quite territorial.

[@bluenose7984]

We've got red squirrels in Liverpool, small population at Formby!

[@Aaron-og2wx]

Always seems to be a kookaburra laughing in all the old movies with a jungle scene! I always found that amusing

[@DragonFae16]

As I was watching Cookie search, I kept thinking 'Mate, just make a kookaburra call. You'll find them pretty quick'.

[@video3ish]

If you want them to call & show you where they are - you need to play a recording of one. We used to mimic them when we were kids & set them all off calling

[@bengraham3707]

Feel a bit bad for the Kookaburras. “Hey mate, seen any girls?” “Nah mate, you?” “Yeah, there was this super cute Kookaburra over in that tree 5 minutes ago” “What really?” “Nah mate, it’s just me and you and this bloody grey sky forever. Did see a red squirrel though”

[@phrayzar]

They will often visit your camp if you are out in the bush. I have had one just sit on the arm of my chair for a little while. The largest of the Australian Kingfishers.

[@AndyJarman]

I live in Western Australia for millions of years the Kookaburra couldn't make it over here (desert in the way). Then 50 years ago they escaped from a wildlife park, now they are everywhere!

[@dust1415]

Thanks for this been planning a trip to find these birds but was put off without any information where they are. Thanks to you. I can now take a day with my camera and see if I get lucky and yes been to the woods for the red squirrels many times

[@7thsealord888]

Another Aussie here. See plenty of Kookaburras, they are one Australian animal that has absolutely no problems about living close to humans. . Even 100% wild ones can be pretty chill - if you have a barbeque or picnic going out in the bush, they'll often hang about in nearby trees. With patience, they sometimes can even be persuaded to take food from your fingers. As carnivores, they favor small snakes and lizards, but are quite versatile feeders, really, living off whatever's available. I totally GET concerns about introduced species preying on native wildlife, believe me. But I am delighted by this story, although also a little surprised as I would have thought Scotland to be too cold for them to be comfortable.

[@shapumawildcat2800]

Andddddddddd Cookies gone and done it again folks,, Awesome, your patience paid off, wtg

[@home8630]

At the time of the fires in 2019, UK said they would help Australia with their native wildlife, because of the loss of habitat but also with the huge loss of animals. That they would have a place to rehabilitate and get their numbers back up again, because of many that are facing threat of extinction. Uk would be like a sanctuary for them. But the areas came back really quickly and numbers of some of the animals replenished. I am wondering if the kookaburra in the UK is part of that.

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Gday Cookie from Tassie. Love the kookaburra. I have them around me every day. They're very good at catching snakes. Beautiful bird .🇦🇺🦘👍

[@Aengus42]

They just heard the town's name & thought "They named a place after us! Quick! Call Quantas, I'm gonna pack..."

[@Fanta....]

Quantas = Queensland Uh, and Northern Territory air service

[@helnbak08]

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree, Merry merry king of the bush is he. Laugh, Kookaburra, laugh, Kookaburra, Gay your life must be!

[@smmcb647]

It might seem cute to have Kookaburra’s in Scotland, but as they are not native they may endanger your local bird life population. They are meat eaters and opportunist, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they ate native birds chicks.

[@mjh5437]

They will.

[@amywalker209]

Really great video. Look forward to seeing more! Sadly the only non native species I see are muntjac and mink. Plus the American Cray Fish who are at least tasty in a boil.

[@JohnHollands]

I took a hamburger to the beach. As I sat at the picnic table, there was a flurry of wings and just like that a kooka had swooped, stolen my beef pattie from the burger and flown away. Try putting out a dish with chopped chunks of raw meat. That’s what a lot of Aussies do.

[@rongt859]

Have kookaburras in Western Australia as well , wakes me up in the morning in summer . They seem very quiet for Kookaburras , must be the weather

[@Renzy-LuLu]

They're loud down here in Tasmania lol

[@MrOlgrumpy]

Invasive predatory pest

[@philipdenner8504]

when you talk about Kookaburras, the plural of a kookaburra is kookaburras with an s on the end.

[@Renzy-LuLu]

Kookaburras are all over Australia. They're everywhere here in Tasmania

[@BalefulBunyip]

If you find one you often find more around. Kookaburras are monogamous, retaining the same partner for life. A breeding pair can be accompanied by up to five fully grown non-breeding offspring from previous years that help the parents defend their territory and raise their young.

[@matthewrikihana6818]

They have found their spiritual home where the locals can really pronounce "Kookabarra".

[@markhepworth]

There is one hanging around towards Sudbury Suffolk,it’s been living in that area for about 4 or 5 years apparently.

[@buzzybeebs]

Excellent work as per, cookie. My playground as a whippersnapper was an abandoned zoo, it was dangerous as fuuuuck in the end climbing up the old building, but was great fun. Used to be rumours of escaped animals aswell, labrador sized ones.

[@CyBerCat6410]

Its considered a pest here in Western Australia.... the only pest here are the humans me thinks

[@darkyboode3239]

Didn’t know the UK had Kookaburras. Though some animals from Britain were introduced into Australia, and Britain got some animals introduced from Australia.

[@mj.l]

australia is overrun with feral british/european species, but i don't think returning the favour with australian invasive species is a good way of evening things up

[@michaeldoolan7595]

By the way I saw Green parrots on Glastonbury tor. It was the walk from the town to the tor. I saw two vivid green birds pecking at a red clay stretch on the field. I recognised them as green parrots Parrots eat certain types of clay soil . It is presumably a method of digesting fruit and berries without poisoning .

[@studentstudent5044]

Do you think you could do a video searching for the big cats in the UK like Panthers?

[@gregrot]

If I remember correctly, he's done several videos looking for alien big cats. He didn't find one so concluded they don't exist. Having seen a lynx myself and having a real good friend who saw a black leopard, I'd beg to differ.

[@studentstudent5044]

@@gregrot They are definitely out there!

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@studentstudent5044 Yep. And like most similar sightings in Oz, the success rate rises if you get well primed in the local watering hole before going looking for them. 🤔😉😊

[@bruceismay5440]

I usually see kookaburras sitting up high on trees fences and power poles to see open spaces and find prey. Gorgeous birds

[@evabyrne-kr1fz]

Thankyou for this channel it warms my heart to know that there are other people out there that feel as i do about all our lovely animal cohabitants of this earth.

[@bromyardcoachouse4876]

Well done. There are many things to discover in the UK in the small hours. I keep quiet because too many sightseers cause harm. Not everyone can scratch a wild pig or fox between the ears or have wild birds land on your hand

[@jaxlockhart518]

its going to be a unbearable existence for one of those birds. when one of them eventually dies the other will be left all alone with no hope of meeting another kookaburra.... give us back a birds and pick up your foxs wile your here love from OZ

[@jackie.f]

I was in london in 2021 and I swear i heard a kookaburra. I'm Australian and I'm pretty familiar with their "laugh".

[@jounama1]

If you listen to their call carefully you can hear the Pommie accent

[@jamescoull7402]

Red Squirrel hot spot is between Glenridding and Patterdale on the south end off lake Ulswatter in the Lake District. I’m a chef and would see them 4 days a week walking to work early in the morning.

[@lynnemaclean7201]

Kookaburras live in family groups and older siblings help raise younger ones. They eat frogs, reptiles, rats and mice, other small mammals, worms etc. they thrash their prey to death using their powerful beaks. However, they are a very gentle bird. If there is a male and female together there will soon be a large family group in the area. Ok for Australia but I imagine not good for native species in the UK 😮🇦🇺

[@reeswarren4329]

Not my usual watch but so interesting love this type of video and subbed My question is how are they surviving the harsh weather conditions. Also is it possible for these birds to mate with another species of uk bird

[@Gopherhuckyourself]

Anyone can mate with the birds in Soho.