Some shots of what happens when birds take a dislike to each other in flight. It's fascinating how in some of the shots the smaller bird (a falcon called a hobby) makes a half-roll onto its back then rights itself just before knocking the larger bird (a buzzard) out of the sky.
Birds sometimes choose unusual nesting spots. Here, falcons called hobbies are nesting in a pylon carrying the 400,000 volt national electricity supply, near Birmingham, UK (in the Wiggins Hill area, bounded by Minworth, Curdworth and Wishaw)
The kestrel is a smallish falcon famous for hovering over fields and verges. Several varieties of hover are shown, plus a high-speed dive (stoop) and a glide. Its amazing how the head can be kept dead still while the body, wings and tail writhe about
Hobbies are falcons which nest in England and head south to Africa for the winter. They are the fastest creatures in level motion that I have ever seen. They spend a lot of their 'spare time' lazily drifting around catching flying insects. The video is some shots taken near nesting sites in Warwickshire
The merlin is the smallest raptor found in the UK. This little falcon often spends the winter months hunting in the open fields close to towns. Several sometimes gather around Wiggins Hill near Birmingham, where this film was taken, from October to March.
Falcons in general seem to be adept at catching flying insects with their feet. In this video, a kestrel spends a few minutes doing this on a hot summer day
Birmingham International Airport in the UK has a single runway, which, unfortunately, is roughly at right angles to the prevailing wind direction. The runway is also rather undulating from one end to the other. This video shows two landings by Boeing 737s on a day in March 2008 when the wind was about 60 degrees to the runway, and gusting to 45 or 50 mph.
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