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caroline moor

New member

• Apr 1, 2006

• #1

are there any honey-buzzards in Dorset? Thought I saw 2 yesterday......

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• Apr 1, 2006

• #2

I think there's very occasional breeding of odd pairs and quite a lot of passage migration in some years, but it's very very early for honey buzzards, so i think they were probably just common buzzards. Where in Dorset, and i'll keep an eye open?
Chris

 

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Bubbs

Well-known member

• Apr 1, 2006

• #3

Still no Honey's passing thru Israel and far too early for HB here in th UK.

John.

 

robinm

Registered User

• Apr 1, 2006

• #4

Hi Caroline,

A warm welcome to BirdForum from all the Moderators and Admin.

As has been said, very early for HB.

 

Katy Penland

Well-known member

• Apr 2, 2006

• #5

Hi, Caroline! Another warm welcome to you from BirdForum!

 

Mark Bruce

Super Moderator

• Apr 2, 2006

• #6

Hi Caroline,a warm welcome to you and good to have you with us.

 

stevo

Well-known member

• Apr 2, 2006

• #7

Honey buzzard doesn`t arrive in the UK until the 2nd or 3rd week of May,give or take a couple of weeks either way according to the weather systems.They are an annual migrant on Portland bill.

Steve.

 

Atricapilla

Still Wandering

• Apr 2, 2006

• #8

john barclay said:

Still no Honey's passing thru Israel and far too early for HB here in th UK.

John.

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Have'nt seen any here yet either John,like you say it's a bit early is'nt it!

 

luke

A Welsh birder in Dorset!

• Apr 2, 2006

• #9

welcome to bird forum! Enjoy :t:

 

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Bubbs

Well-known member

• Apr 2, 2006

• #10

bobwoodcock said:

Have'nt seen any here yet either John,like you say it's a bit early is'nt it!

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Hi Bob, the first will be moving thru Israel in the next week or two. When do you get your first birds?

Massive movement over the Eilat mountains in the 1st week of May....given the north wind. I've been perched on Mt Yoash for many an hour with a south wind blowing. What did I see?....Bu++++ all, but Ben Gurion radar showed hundreds of thousands passing over Tel Aviv....sick :t:


John.

 

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Dartford Dodger

Member

• Apr 28, 2006

• #11

Dribs and Drabs

stevo said:

Honey buzzard doesn`t arrive in the UK until the 2nd or 3rd week of May,give or take a couple of weeks either way according to the weather systems.They are an annual migrant on Portland bill.

Steve.

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There have been a few reports from around the country, but I think they are the usual migration vanguard and are just passing through as they are seen in places where they clearly don't breed (such as over Southampton!). I would expect the first New Forest birds to be back in the next couple of weeks (15th May last year), bring it on!