Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Les deux escoufles
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
L'escoufle sur son perchoir
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
L'escoufle dans les feuilles
Saturday, 3 May 2025
L'escoufle dans les branches
Thursday, 2 May 2024
Silhouette d'escoufle
Friday, 12 January 2024
The cry of the red kite
Friday, 29 September 2023
Le cri de l'escoufle
Sunday, 13 August 2023
A red kite up-close
Thursday, 30 March 2023
L'escoufle sur le chemin de l'école
Dans notre petite ville, nous avons comme voisins ailés des milans royaux (mais je préfère les appeler escoufles). On les voit souvent voler, parfois se percher sur les arbres, mais il est plus rare de les voir au sol. Or, c'est ce qui est arrivé, lorsque nous marchions de retour de l'école de petit loup. Nous sommes tombés presque nez à bec avec cet escoufle, qui mangeait je ne sais pas quoi sur l'asphalte. Il s'est envolé avant que l'on puisse s'en approcher plus, mais j'ai eu le temps de prendre cette photo.
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Escoufle
Saturday, 22 January 2022
L'escoufle sur la branche
Saturday, 18 September 2021
Escoufle en vol
Monday, 16 August 2021
Voir l'escoufle
Monday, 5 July 2021
A red kite at sundown
Two days ago, the evening was falling and I heard the distinct cry of a red kite. There are many of them around here, they are our most famous avian neighbours in this part of England. I often see them flying but they are quite difficult to . Then I heard the distinct cry again and saw where it was coling from: the top of a nearby tree, where a red kite was perched. I am not good at taking pictures, but I took a few snapshots and I think they look quite nice and very atmospheric. There is just something about the shadow of a bird of prey at sundown. So I decided to share it today.
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Red kite flying
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
A red kite in the branches
Two days ago, I was opening the curtains in my office to start my day when I saw a bird of prey in the branches of a nearby tree. So I took this picture. It is very likely a red kite, even from a distance I can identify it. I am not specialist, but there are many red kites flying around here. They are our avian neighbours. I am used to their presence, but I rarely have the opportunity to take a decent picture of them. So I am quite happy I took that one.
Saturday, 15 August 2020
L'escoufle qui vole bas
Saturday, 10 March 2018
L'escoufle sur une branche perchée
Ma femme a pris cette photo l'année dernière. C'est un milan royal, que l'on appelle aussi, enfin qu'on appelait anciennement escoufle. Je préfère cette dernière appellation et j'ai donc décidé de l'utiliser dorénavant. Si vous trouvez que ce billet vous semble familier, c'est que j'ai assez souvent blogué sur les milan roy... les escoufles. Ils sont fréquents dans le coin de l'Angleterre où l'on demeure et je les appelle nos voisins ailés. Alors je blogue parfois sur eux, parce que c'est un rapace que j'aime bien. Cette photo n'est pas géniale, on le voit à peine, mais ça donne une idée de leur proximité avec nous.
Monday, 20 November 2017
A red kite on a branch
Friday, 7 April 2017
The red kite nearby
My wife took this picture a few weeks ago, walking back with little Wolfie from a gathering of mummy and babies. You can easily recognize a red kite on the top branches. Red kites abound in this region of England and our town/village in particular. It is not rare to see them flying at low altitude. I call them our avian neighbours. But I have rarely seen one from so close and it is nice to have such a good picture of it. Apparently it is often in this tree when my wife walks back from town. I hope I can see it one day.













