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« Reply #9090 on: March 15, 2010, 01:11:44 PM » |
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never posted a pic before, but i got some i realy like. | Click to see full-size image. |
 Snap... and in a [holiday] caravan also - | Click to see full-size image. |
 Wahey!  I'll see your "Bath in a caravan" photo Rio, and raise you... | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #9091 on: March 15, 2010, 01:59:43 PM » |
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Saw this dead hawk while I was out today. It's about the size of a chicken. (so too big to be a kestrel) Is it a buzzard perhaps? Can any one identify it? Rod? | Click to see full-size image. |
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« Reply #9092 on: March 15, 2010, 05:37:50 PM » |
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buzzard, 95%. would need u to spread its wings and flip it upside down to confirm.
cheers for lnetting advice red, just in the process of making the poles and drop-catch, will let u know how i get on in couple of weeks.
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« Reply #9093 on: March 15, 2010, 05:52:43 PM » |
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Yep, looks very much like a buzzard to me and the size thing means it could be little else. Seem to be more and more of them about these days as well.
Did you know the buzzard's latin name is buteo buteo? The Hobby (in the falcon family) is called falco subbueto, which was why the game 'subbeuteo' was called that when there was a problem with the inventor trademarking the name 'Hobby'.
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« Reply #9094 on: March 15, 2010, 07:49:50 PM » |
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Been away at work, just back in but I agree with Alex & kin (mainly due to the size). Not much that'd catch and kill a buzzard, any stories around you about Eagle Owls Red? The RSPB say that the breeding pairs in the UK are from released captive birds but there are naturalists who think that they could make it over having been displaced from the growing population on the continent. THere's been a breeding pair in Yorkshire for years, their young must have spread a fair distance my now.
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« Reply #9095 on: March 15, 2010, 08:17:45 PM » |
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Been away at work, just back in but I agree with Alex & kin (mainly due to the size). Not much that'd catch and kill a buzzard, any stories around you about Eagle Owls Red? The RSPB say that the breeding pairs in the UK are from released captive birds but there are naturalists who think that they could make it over having been displaced from the growing population on the continent. THere's been a breeding pair in Yorkshire for years, their young must have spread a fair distance my now.
No eagle owls to my knowledge Rod. I suppose poisoned carrion is the most likely culprit? |
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« Reply #9096 on: March 15, 2010, 08:58:36 PM » |
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Been away at work, just back in but I agree with Alex & kin (mainly due to the size). Not much that'd catch and kill a buzzard, any stories around you about Eagle Owls Red? The RSPB say that the breeding pairs in the UK are from released captive birds but there are naturalists who think that they could make it over having been displaced from the growing population on the continent. THere's been a breeding pair in Yorkshire for years, their young must have spread a fair distance my now.
No eagle owls to my knowledge Rod. I suppose poisoned carrion is the most likely culprit? Or shotgun lead. |
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« Reply #9097 on: March 15, 2010, 08:59:11 PM » |
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« Reply #9098 on: March 15, 2010, 09:04:18 PM » |
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Sum it up in one sentence please Tom. |
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« Reply #9099 on: March 15, 2010, 09:27:54 PM » |
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Sum it up in one sentence please Tom. fldkjhniheu94i83ygt8u3rhiuweghfiuaygv4h9uhbjvlyup8yfhrb7uh5jbgf4yu8oiw4hjfygiwoepijlhg |
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« Reply #9100 on: March 15, 2010, 09:30:13 PM » |
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Sum it up in one sentence please Tom. fldkjhniheu94i83ygt8u3rhiuweghfiuaygv4h9uhbjvlyup8yfhrb7uh5jbgf4yu8oiw4hjfygiwoepijlhg I can see a pattern. |
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« Reply #9101 on: March 15, 2010, 09:39:52 PM » |
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Been away at work, just back in but I agree with Alex & kin (mainly due to the size). Not much that'd catch and kill a buzzard, any stories around you about Eagle Owls Red? The RSPB say that the breeding pairs in the UK are from released captive birds but there are naturalists who think that they could make it over having been displaced from the growing population on the continent. THere's been a breeding pair in Yorkshire for years, their young must have spread a fair distance my now.
No eagle owls to my knowledge Rod. I suppose poisoned carrion is the most likely culprit? Just the way the body was eaten - looked like a bird of prey had had it. |
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« Reply #9102 on: March 15, 2010, 09:51:12 PM » |
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Been away at work, just back in but I agree with Alex & kin (mainly due to the size). Not much that'd catch and kill a buzzard, any stories around you about Eagle Owls Red? The RSPB say that the breeding pairs in the UK are from released captive birds but there are naturalists who think that they could make it over having been displaced from the growing population on the continent. THere's been a breeding pair in Yorkshire for years, their young must have spread a fair distance my now.
No eagle owls to my knowledge Rod. I suppose poisoned carrion is the most likely culprit? Just the way the body was eaten - looked like a bird of prey had had it. ...or Tom was a bit peckish? |
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« Reply #9103 on: March 15, 2010, 09:52:25 PM » |
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Been away at work, just back in but I agree with Alex & kin (mainly due to the size). Not much that'd catch and kill a buzzard, any stories around you about Eagle Owls Red? The RSPB say that the breeding pairs in the UK are from released captive birds but there are naturalists who think that they could make it over having been displaced from the growing population on the continent. THere's been a breeding pair in Yorkshire for years, their young must have spread a fair distance my now.
No eagle owls to my knowledge Rod. I suppose poisoned carrion is the most likely culprit? Just the way the body was eaten - looked like a bird of prey had had it. Yes. That body had definitely had it. |
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« Reply #9104 on: March 15, 2010, 09:53:55 PM » |
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Beware the ides of March.
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