Gwynn
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If this story is true it was taken in the UK https://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/17715864.wow-what-a-great-picture/
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Questionnaire: What Do You Think About Birds Of Prey? (1 Viewer)
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Farnboro John
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Done. If there are no copyright issues I would appreciate the OP making the results available on this thread in due course.
John
John
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Stop Brexit!
Like Henning and Dan Theman, I thought it 'didn't look quite right' for a Common Buzzard, and thought it might be a stock photo off the internet with a RTH mislabelled as CB - though unlike Gwynn, I wasn't able to find the pic elsewhere even with google image search.
If it is indeed in Winsford / Weaver Parkway, then yes, it should be a Buzzard: but there are also a number of escaped falconers' RTH floating around the country, so that still can't be completely excluded.
Anyone know of any reliable ID characters to distinguish RTH from CB, particularly in immature plumage when RTH doesn't have a red tail?
If it is indeed in Winsford / Weaver Parkway, then yes, it should be a Buzzard: but there are also a number of escaped falconers' RTH floating around the country, so that still can't be completely excluded.
Anyone know of any reliable ID characters to distinguish RTH from CB, particularly in immature plumage when RTH doesn't have a red tail?
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dantheman
Bah humbug
Time to post a link (to this thread or the newspaper article above) in the Bird Q and A subforum??
Most likely more than you think. There were 40 or so known escapes in Norfolk alone not so long ago.
Good luck with your degree :t:
