Saltram bird
Hi Chris (and Mark)
My apologies, but only now have I realised that, in my original post, I meant to say the bird I saw at Saltram looked noticeably LARGER than the Buzzards mobbing it, hence the Osprey questionmark... my intial brief "side-on" view doing nothing to help me, until it wheeled away in the distance.
So I am still not sure whether it was simply a large pale-phase Buzzard or the said Osprey.
As an honest birder, as we all are, I'll mark it down as the former - but maybe a well-fed one. The McDonalds near the Sainsbury's roundabout (as I call it) isn't that far away after all !
Cheers (and happy 2010 birding to both of you)
Andy
That's not a big bird.
Maybe a sparrowhawk?
Chris
Hi Chris (and Mark)
My apologies, but only now have I realised that, in my original post, I meant to say the bird I saw at Saltram looked noticeably LARGER than the Buzzards mobbing it, hence the Osprey questionmark... my intial brief "side-on" view doing nothing to help me, until it wheeled away in the distance.
So I am still not sure whether it was simply a large pale-phase Buzzard or the said Osprey.
As an honest birder, as we all are, I'll mark it down as the former - but maybe a well-fed one. The McDonalds near the Sainsbury's roundabout (as I call it) isn't that far away after all !
Cheers (and happy 2010 birding to both of you)
Andy