Buzzards and red kites are on the rise

Buzzards and red kites are on the rise

Buzzard and red kite populations are booming - but what are they eating in the dry weather?



What does a buzzard have for breakfast? I ask because, if put to a member of the Conservation Trust , the answer would be “worms and carrion”.

There are only two things wrong with this answer. During the almost rainless past three months, worms have been nowhere near the surface of the soil – consequently they are off the diet sheet. And what about carrion? Well, thanks to idiotic EU regulations, no dead animals are allowed on farms. They have to be collected up and incinerated as soon as they have breathed their last.

So what do buzzards really eat for breakfast?