Two bearded vultures play-fight in this stunning footage recorded last week in the Swiss Alps.

According to the filmer, the birds are believed to be a parent and offspring so were not trying to do each other any real harm.

"This may be part of teaching," said the filmer, Olivier Staiger.

"Maybe to train his kid to dodge attacks from other birds of prey," Staiger added.

"There was no harm done and minutes later they both landed together in the same place," he added.

The beautiful footage was filmed on August 20.

Two huge birds, bearded vultures with a 2.8m wingspan, are seen fighting in flight. These are actually a young one and his/her dad. The dark one is the young, born this winter. He started to fly august 12th or 13th. So he has been flying for about a week only. His dad, the larger one with yellow body, is attacking him. But not too agressively. This may be part of teaching , maybe to train his kid to dodge attacks from other birds of prey ? Indeed they are frequently harassed by eagles, ravens, falcons etc. , There was no harm done and minutes later they both landed together in the same place .
Filmed handheld with a Canon EOS R6 and 800mm lens with some amount of image stabilization. Edited in x2 slowmotion. Background sound edited.