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Any avian experts on here?
« on: 25 July 2016, 20:03:52 »
Saw this huge bird circling around my house this afternoon and used my new camera to take a picture. Any idea what it is?

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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #1 on: 25 July 2016, 20:07:19 »
Possibly a "White Tailed Eagle" ?? .. hard to say as there is no external reference to give a size by .. but you say it was "huge" and the White tail is the largest of English Eagles.

Very rare to find one so far south however ...

head / neck looks a tad short as well .. but that might be the camera angle
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #2 on: 25 July 2016, 20:35:28 »
Here are a couple more shots:


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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #3 on: 25 July 2016, 21:23:30 »
Hawk of some description  :-\ looks proportionately small to be anything more substantial... Had a bird of prey show at the hotel, hawk looked impressive, right upto when they bought an eagle out... That bugger had an 8'+  wing span and was eyeing up all the kids watching as a potential snack ;D
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #4 on: 26 July 2016, 00:27:17 »
May well have been flown for pest control :-\
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #5 on: 26 July 2016, 01:32:06 »
Buzzard or maybe Marsh Harrier  :-\
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #6 on: 26 July 2016, 08:07:05 »
Quote from: NewbieDocker on 26 July 2016, 00:27:17
May well have been flown for pest control :-\

Wouldn't you rather it be done this way than use poisons or shoot them?
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #7 on: 26 July 2016, 09:02:59 »
At a quick look, red tailed kite/hawk.
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #8 on: 26 July 2016, 09:16:25 »
Whatever the handsome bugger is I'd be keeping my cats in the house  ;D
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #9 on: 26 July 2016, 12:25:47 »
Quote from: omegod on 26 July 2016, 09:16:25
Whatever the handsome bugger is I'd be keeping my cats in the house  ;D

Wouldn't touch them, unless it was starving,.

Let's put a carry on spin on this
. "Er some birds been eating my pussy" said Mrs Slocombe  :D ;D :o
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #10 on: 26 July 2016, 12:36:40 »
Quote from: biggriffin on 26 July 2016, 12:25:47
Quote from: omegod on 26 July 2016, 09:16:25
Whatever the handsome bugger is I'd be keeping my cats in the house  ;D

Wouldn't touch them, unless it was starving,.

Let's put a carry on spin on this
. "Er some birds been eating my pussy" said Mrs Slocombe  :D ;D :o

Carry On Carrion?
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #11 on: 26 July 2016, 13:15:49 »
 ;D ;D

I'd say red kite , maybe juvenile.
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #12 on: 26 July 2016, 13:35:23 »
Quote from: Varche on 26 July 2016, 13:15:49
;D ;D

I'd say red kite , maybe juvenile.

Not juvenile at all, Varche. Rather a grown-up observation, I would say!  ;)

Someone on my FB page reckons it's a sparrowhawk.
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #13 on: 26 July 2016, 14:25:53 »
Looks like a hawk. They fly them down here occasionally to keep the seagulls at bay
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Re: Any avian experts on here?
« Reply #14 on: 26 July 2016, 17:47:27 »
Quote from: biggriffin on 26 July 2016, 12:25:47
Quote from: omegod on 26 July 2016, 09:16:25
Whatever the handsome bugger is I'd be keeping my cats in the house  ;D

Wouldn't touch them, unless it was starving,.

Let's put a carry on spin on this
. "Er some birds been eating my pussy" said Mrs Slocombe  :D ;D :o

Or even 'Are you being served' ....
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