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John Fordham

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Hi all,
Just back from a weekend family get-together in St.Ives. Wonderful coincidence as allowed me to go see the Snowy Owl:t:. Anyway ...

... I saw the attached in the hotel grounds and had thought, without checking, was a Common Buzzard. I see this morning that a Rough-Legged Buzzard is in the area. Could this be one?

Cheers
John
 

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John Fordham said:
Hi all,
Just back from a weekend family get-together in St.Ives. Wonderful coincidence as allowed me to go see the Snowy Owl:t:. Anyway ...

... I saw the attached in the hotel grounds and had thought, without checking, was a Common Buzzard. I see this morning that a Rough-Legged Buzzard is in the area. Could this be one?

Cheers
John
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Hope you didn't get too close to the Snowy Owl:-O:-O:-O
 
paulwfromtheden said:
Hope you didn't get too close to the Snowy Owl:-O:-O:-O
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I'll answer the question with a picture, Paul. Owl was just below crest on opposite hillside. Everyone beautifully behaved in the 60mins I was there on Sunday. Was no need to get any closer as long distance views were great.

Cheers
John
 

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John Fordham said:
I'll answer the question with a picture, Paul. Owl was just below crest on opposite hillside. Everyone beautifully behaved in the 60mins I was there on Sunday. Was no need to get any closer as long distance views were great.

Cheers
John
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Thanks John looks very civilised. Where was the bloke with the camera getting all the grief on the other thread? Had he gone to borrow a helicopter to get a closer view?
 
John Fordham said:
I'll answer the question with a picture, Paul. Owl was just below crest on opposite hillside. Everyone beautifully behaved in the 60mins I was there on Sunday. Was no need to get any closer as long distance views were great.

Cheers
John
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Good to see some distance there John! (think the guy had snuck off by then Paul ;))

Agree with the IDs
 
I see a rock pipit rather than a meadow, very dark head, next to no supercilium and a long beak, also the legs aren't anywhere near as bright as what I'd expect on a meadow pipit. Admittedly it's well-marked on the belly.
 
nickderry said:
I see a rock pipit rather than a meadow, very dark head, next to no supercilium and a long beak, also the legs aren't anywhere near as bright as what I'd expect on a meadow pipit. Admittedly it's well-marked on the belly.
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Think you could be right Nick. I looked at this rather quickly having my mind on Snowy Owls! - and also took location to be London without reading the original post! |^| Think belly/upper breast marks look OK for Rock - rather thick continuous streaks on upper breast and head darked/unmarked as you say. Not sure how reliable pic is on leg colour though but a good call I reckon!
 
I'm going off to central London for a family get together next weekend ..... can someone please arrange for a genuinely wild Snowy Owl to be on hand for me too?
 
John Cantelo said:
I'm going off to central London for a family get together next weekend ..... can someone please arrange for a genuinely wild Snowy Owl to be on hand for me too?
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I know the tree (courtesy of Des McKenzie) in which a Tawny Owl roosts in Kensington Gardens. Will that do, John? 8-P;)

Thanks everyone for additional comments on Pipit.

Cheers
John
 
John Cantelo said:
I'm going off to central London for a family get together next weekend ..... can someone please arrange for a genuinely wild Snowy Owl to be on hand for me too?
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:-O:-O:-O ... the first post was requesting a Buzzard ID and said they'd just got back from seeing the SO .... I didn't read the Pipit post at all and just barely read the first one ie. 'got as far as 'just got back from seeing SO'

Perhaps you'll see a sillouhette of one flying through the night sky - or maybe not raptors aren't easy to ID from sillouhettes I've found - but it definitely wasn't amongst this lot though http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=129721 :-O
 
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