Raptor 5th Sept, Abruzzo Italy (1 Viewer)

[Kathryn79]

Hi there, please could anyone ID this for me? Taken from a distance yesterday in the coastal region of Abruzzo in Italy, near Pescara. Thank you!

 

[Sangahyando]

Silhouette in the first image looks like Bonelli's Eagle. Of course, the colours are hard to assess and the resolution isn't the best, but with some imagination, you can make out relatively long legs that look like they're feathered. Second image looks a bit different, maybe it's the angle - or is it a different individual?

 

[Kathryn79]

Silhouette in the first image looks like Bonelli's Eagle. Of course, the colours are hard to assess and the resolution isn't the best, but with some imagination, you can make out relatively long legs that look like they're feathered. Second image looks a bit different, maybe it's the angle - or is it a different individual?

Thank you! Second photo is the same individual - it was very far away. I really couldn't tell myself, from the photos. Not sure if it could be anything else?

 

[Richard Prior]

Thank you! Second photo is the same individual - it was very far away. I really couldn't tell myself, from the photos. Not sure if it could be anything else?

A Marsh Harrier perhaps, certainly not enough visible primary 'fingers' for an Eagle sp I feel.

 

[Sangahyando]

A Marsh Harrier perhaps, certainly not enough visible primary 'fingers' for an Eagle sp I feel.

Yeah, on second viewing there seems to be only five "fingers". However the tail base seems really broad in the first image.

 

[tconzemi]

Marsh Harrier would be my guess indeed

 

[Kathryn79]

Added two more photos I managed to get. Was flying strongly, not like a marsh harrier? Thanks for all of your comments!

 

[tconzemi]

Marsh confirmed, they are in active migration now, very different from hunting flight