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Old Tuesday 31st July 2012, 14:46   #1
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Bird of Prey in Pyrenees

Any help with this would be welcome. It was above farmland approx 20km north of the Pyrenees - it looks buzzard except for the tail seems too "scuffy" and the head too white.


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Old Tuesday 31st July 2012, 14:55   #2
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Kite in heavy moult, and I will go out on a limb and say Red

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