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digi-birder
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Hi pilatus0, on behalf of admin and all the moderators, let me welcome you to Bird Forum.
I'm afraid I can't answer your ID question, but I'm sure there'll be someone along in a minute or two to help.
Why not tell us a bit more about yourself and your area in the Say Hello forum.
I'm afraid I can't answer your ID question, but I'm sure there'll be someone along in a minute or two to help.
Why not tell us a bit more about yourself and your area in the Say Hello forum.
Jane Turner
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Hi there.
It looks like a Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus to me. Its always hard to assess size in a photo, but that tail looks long and thin, the wing-tip looks broad and it doesn't appear to have the heftiness of a Goshawk.
It looks like a Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus to me. Its always hard to assess size in a photo, but that tail looks long and thin, the wing-tip looks broad and it doesn't appear to have the heftiness of a Goshawk.
Jane Turner
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People disagree with me on a daily basis and live to tell the tale! If it were a Goshawk it would have about three times the bodyweight.
Ruby
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On a (slightly) related subject....
On hols last Feb, we flew into Geneva and were driving eastwards along the motorway north of the lake and saw loads of raptors.... There were literally dozens just sat on fenceposts at the side of the road.
I was even more of a learner then that I am now, so have no idea what they were.... anyone familiar with the area, or have seen them??
Ruby
On hols last Feb, we flew into Geneva and were driving eastwards along the motorway north of the lake and saw loads of raptors.... There were literally dozens just sat on fenceposts at the side of the road.
I was even more of a learner then that I am now, so have no idea what they were.... anyone familiar with the area, or have seen them??
Ruby
Ruby
Well-known member
Hi Harry,
Could well have been Buzzards... I believe that sitting on roadside posts is quite common Buzzard behaviour.
As I say, I didn't really have much idea then, but I am a little familiar with Buzzards now, and my recollection was that the Geneva birds were a bit smaller...
Also there were a lot of birds quite close together - probably a couple of dozen within a couple of miles of motorway.... never heard of Buzzards hanging out together like that (mind you, does that sound like very sensible behaviour for any bird of prey??...)
Ruby
Could well have been Buzzards... I believe that sitting on roadside posts is quite common Buzzard behaviour.
As I say, I didn't really have much idea then, but I am a little familiar with Buzzards now, and my recollection was that the Geneva birds were a bit smaller...
Also there were a lot of birds quite close together - probably a couple of dozen within a couple of miles of motorway.... never heard of Buzzards hanging out together like that (mind you, does that sound like very sensible behaviour for any bird of prey??...)
Ruby
