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Saturday 19th June 2010, 19:48
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Cheshire, UK - What is this raptor?
Hi, I'm hoping someone can ID this bird for me.
I was out today when my father-in-law spotted a couple of these way up high. I luckily had my camera with me but even at full zoom (18x) it's still a small image but is hopefully enough. There was more than one of these so although I live very near to the Cheshire Wildlife Centre which does have a number of exotic raptors it's less likely to be an escapee. They just seemed to be circling - it was a nice sunny day with decent thermals. |
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Saturday 19th June 2010, 19:49
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C'est pas ma faute, je suis anglais.
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welcome to Birdforum - your bird is a buzzard.
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Saturday 19th June 2010, 19:51
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I would agree with Buzzard. This is now the most common raptor I see in cheshire.
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Saturday 19th June 2010, 20:27
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OK thanks. I thought the wings looked too pointed and small in relation to the body to be a buzzard but the behaviour fits. We do get a lot of them here and the wings always look much larger and more rectangular.
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Saturday 19th June 2010, 20:31
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Saturday 19th June 2010, 20:34
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Martin, the wings look more pointed than normal because they are not being held straight and the primaries are being held together rather than splayed as a result. Sparrowhawk can also do this and conversely when a Kestrel holds its wing staright it also spreads its primaries a bit which makes them look blunt-tipped compared to normal (can also see this when it hovers, but it is difficult at that speed).
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