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21-02-2008, 08:21 AM
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Bird of prey ID - if poss'!
I saw this bird yesterday fying high above the garden (urban area). It was flying slowly not flapping it's wings at all. At a estimate, I would say it was about the size of a herring gull, or slightly smaller. The piccie is on full zoom and cropped - sorry there is no detail apart from the silhouetted shape.
Any ideas please?
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21-02-2008, 08:42 AM
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Pretty sure thats a Buzzard.
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21-02-2008, 09:41 AM
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Oh good - I suspected but was not at all sure.
Actually it was the second bird of prey I have seen in the area in the last few weeks, the other was a Kestral (I think) opposite the house perched on a lamp post with 3 Jackdaws (I kid not). Our house is on an embankment above a road and disused railway line that luckily we don't see - so the lamp post wasn't much above eye level. Another rubbish photo but I had time to look with the binoculars that time.
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21-02-2008, 04:08 PM
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Buzzard - I saw one today, too
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