Feathered Friday - Take a Bow For The Redkite in Wales - By Steve J Huggett
The first shot is taken at the "British Bird of Prey Centre" all the others are taken in the wild up in the Brecon Beacons National Park in a little village called Llanddeusant. They have a feeding station there were the Redkites get fed.
Love the snow covered mountains in these images
This shot just shows how many there are in the area, amazing to watch :)
What I use
Nikon D7200.
Sigma 18-300m
Software Adobe Lightroom.
Taken by Steve J Huggett.
Location
Carmarthenshire Wales UK
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They are beautiful beasts :-)
Yeah, they are and they make for great images :)
That is an incredible kite gathering! How amazing to see so many together. Wonderful photos, Steve!
Thank you @melinda010100 Too many to choose from when taken photographs that's for sure :)
Thumbs up for the wild photos, great captures! But the bowing one is really cool too! 😁
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Thanks @pardinus Yeah, the bowing one is a lucky capture all thanks to high-speed shooting :)
Definitely have to improve that technique! ;)
Wow, excellent photos, I love them all. That first one with the wings spread is great. I think my favourite is the third shot with the snowy background. The last shot - those are all hawks? Never seen anything like it...Excellent post, thanks so much for entering Feathered Friday! Voted and resteemed :-)
Thanks @keithboone I think there are some 200 Redkites that come to this feeding station :)
Howdy from Texas sir stevejhuggett! wow. What magnificent shots and a magnificent bird, those are truly impressive!
Hello from Wales @janton Thank you very much, they are awesome birds :)
howdy again sir stevejhuggett! You are very welcome, keep up the good work.
By the way sir Steve, is living in Wales about the same as living in England? I always wondered that since they are against each other and it is separate from other countries.
Hi,@janton Wales was an independent country, up until 1282 when the English took control (I'm English so I'm always seen as a villain living in Wales lol)
In the last twenty years, it's been allowed to have its own type of Government and pretty much runs its own affairs. I guess maybe in the 50 years it might get the same status as Scotland but remain part of the Union, but who knows in these strange times!
Howdy again sir stevejhuggett! wow, 1282 ....that is amazing. That's 500 years before we declared our independence! Things are so ancient over there...if something is one hundred years old here we think that's ancient! lol.
That is so interesting. Is being English the exact same meaning as being Brittish? There are quite a few terms which are not crystal clear to me like there's the United Kingdom, Great Brittain, England, Brittain, the U.K. of course, I think people use them interchangeably but that's probably technically wrong.
Well it's good to know that Wales is getting more independence but like you said, who knows what will happen in the future. There is another steemian on here from Wales with the username of wales, do you know about him?
Trust the British to make things confusing lol.
Ok, so the United Kingdom is made up of England(English) Scotland(Scottish) Wales(Welsh) and Northen Island(Northen Irish). Also known as Great Britain
Ireland is another mess altogether! The British ruled Ireland for around 800 years and after a war, the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 gave Independence back to Ireland. But allowed six Ulster counties to remain part of the United Kingdom.
That is where they are today, I guess a united Ireland may happen in the future.
Yeah, I think there are a small number of people on Steemit from Wales. I'm sure I have seen their posts.
So here is the craziest fact about the Old British Empire
Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world in its long and colourful history!
Hope me description as helped :)
Howdy again sir stevejhuggett! Thank you so much for he wonderful explanation. That makes total sense now. Well, except the 6 counties in Ireland! wow.
I didn't even know the Northern Island though.
The invading all but 22 countries is an amazing fact indeed! wow! lol.
To get over to England is there a border or check point or anything between Wales and England?
thank you sir for your help.
Hi, glad you're finding it interesting. There's no border etc, just like your state lines
There are traces of the old British Empire all over the world, even Hawaii still has the Union Jack in its flag today