We spent a few nights near Rhayader in mid-Wales and pre-booked a couple of sessions in the photographic hides at the famous Gigrin Farm feeding centre for Red Kites.
Huge numbers of birds come into to be fed but getting good photos isn't easy!
For the first session, we chose the Gateway Hide which has a good overall view of the feeding area, with a wide open front. We were favoured by a light westerly wind so that the birds tended to be flying towards us, and hence getting reasonably close at times.
For this second session we were in the Low Level Hide where the birds can be (fleetingly) very close, but viewing is very restricted. The only practical way I found to get photos was to pre-focus on some of the food on the ground and then blast away when any birds showed interest. Extraordinarily few of these shots were worth processing!
Here is a selection of the photos taken. As usual, click on any caption to enlarge. To see a gallery of all the shots, go to here.
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| Zeroing in on a convenient grab sized portion of food |
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| Just after grabbing some food |
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| In flight |
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| Another shot |
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| Soaring |
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