Is it the Common Buzzard? (1 Viewer)

[Akshada]

Hello! So, we saw this one in flight in a park near my house sometime in September (Dortmund, Germany) and we tracked it for a while but it didn't seem to land anywhere. Unfortunately this is the only record shot (sorry for the bad quality of the image) I could manage to get while it was in flight. Looking at the wing pattern and the size of the bird, I think it was a Common Buzzard, but I may be wrong. Can somebody help here? Thank you in advance!

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Correctly identified.

 

[Hauksen]

Looking at the wing pattern and the size of the bird, I think it was a Common Buzzard, but I may be wrong.

Hi,

Here's a useful tip on distinguishing between Honey Buzzard and Common Buzzard I received a while back:

Germany, Hamburg - 18 May 2019 - Honey Buzzard?

Hi everyone, I wonder if my identification "Honey Buzzard" is correct for this bird: Somehow, I never manage to get a good close-up view of Honey Buzzards ... whenever I see them, they are circling high up in the thermals, like this one. Regards, Henning

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Regards,

Henning

 

[ipo]

Yes, it is a Common Buzzard