Northern harrier hunting the marsh Sunday 7 January 2024 #northetnharrier #elite_raptors | Pacificnorthwestkate

This is incredible! 🤯 One of our cameras in Wild Ken Hill Norfolk captured this astounding interaction between a marsh harrier and some hares. The marsh harrier took a leveret at the end, and as heart wrenching as this may be we must always remember the importance of the relationship between predator and prey #Springwatch | BBC Springwatch

An incredible comeback 🦅 The marsh harrier is a spectacular bird of prey that we’re thrilled to see regularly at Carlton Marshes and a number of our other nature reserves. Made extinct in Britain by persecution in the 19th century, the current population has grown from a single breeding in Suffolk in 1971. Over the last 50 years, the species has doubled the extent of its breeding range, extending further north and west with pairs occasionally recorded as far as Scotland. 🎥 footage captured on

Western Marsh Harrier 🦅 A wild stare from the winter sky… closer than the wind dared. Every winter, the Western Marsh Harrier travels thousands of kilometers from Central Asia and Europe to the wetlands of India. These seasonal migrants follow the flyways guided not by maps, but by instinct and wind patterns. As they arrive, our marshes turn into hunting arenas where precision flight and silent predation dominate the ecosystem. Their presence doesn’t just mark migration… it marks the return of