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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 3444295" data-attributes="member: 2844"><p>From his original tweet, it seems he took the photo himself.  Whilst people do make mistakes I think it's not unreasonable to expect higher standards from someone in his position who pontificates about the impact of raptors on the environment and uses his position to claim some degree of authority. Besides he doubled up on his claim it was a Sparrowhawk when it doesn't remotely resemble one.  It's not as if it's very hard to identify this bird as a passerine rather than a raptor of any sort. As bird ID mistakes go on BF confusing Sparrowhawk and Linnet would rate as one of the most egregious ever claimed.  Certainly, it calls into question his ability to identify the birds he blasts away at.</p></blockquote><p></p>