Award-winning animator Will Rose has just released the latest video in his excellent What Bird is That? series: this time demonstrating how to spot the difference between Buzzards, Red Kites, Kestrels and Sparrowhawks. Learn their distinctive flight style, shape, colour and behaviour, as well as the clues you can use to help find them:
This episode is being used by Cudyll Cymru to help with Raptor monitoring in Wales, and is available to watch in both English and Welsh. Sign up to monitor raptors in Wales here.
What Bird is That? is birding for beginners — a fun new channel to help both the young and old identify and enjoy the birds around them. It is supported by Leica Sport Optics Birding and fact checked by The British Trust for Ornithology. You can watch all of the previous videos in the series here.