Corncrakes mating (Crex crex)

Amazing capture.
This sight must be as rare as my wallet opening in public (well perhaps not quite that rare)!
Congratulations on managing to film this.

Fantastic - a unique shot.

Well, that's just amazing - bet you're glad you had your video cam with you!! Well captured.

Yvonne

Gosh, I wonder how many times that's been filmed before. Not many, I'll bet.

Fantastic!!! Kudos

Thanks for the comments

Yes I was very lucky to observe the birds. Having first heard a corncrake calling, I had the camcorder ready and was ready to get out of the car and scan through the irises hoping for a fleeting glimpse to capture on film. It was then that the birds appeared from one side iof the road, ran across to the other side, mated and then ran back again to the field they came from. The whole event was over in less than half a minute and the mating only took 5 seconds or so -- so it was lucky that I had the camcorder ready --otherwise it takes about 10 secs after switching on before it is ready to film. Despite filming through a none-too-clean- windscreen I am very pleased with the results.
The locals on Uist told us that corncrakes are far more plentiful this year than last year, and we ended up seeing 6, though the other 4 were more fleeting views. It made up a little for not seeing any eagles or long-tailed or Pom skuas.

Mike

Truly a "stunning shot".Well done.

Truly a "stunning shot".Well done.