AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
BUZZARDS FIGHTING
This juvenile buzzard (on the left) had possession of a dead pheasant which the adult (on the right) wanted. When I saw the stand-off developing I set a shutter speed of 1/2000th second and an aperture of f/8. After some hostile manoeuvres, the adult delivered a kick to the juvenile which knocked it to the ground. That was the end of the contest. It happened so fast I couldn't really follow it with my eyes but at 7 frames per second, the images recorded by my camera told the whole story.
F/8, 1/2000s, ISO 800
Accepted: Bristol 2021 - Honourable Mention, Western Counties 2023*
