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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 1383138" data-attributes="member: 2844">According to the article "experts say the moment is 'unprecedented' as buzzards - although Britain's largest bird of prey - rarely attack other birds.  They are known to be lazy carrion feeders and normally hunt on open land, eating worms, beetles, small mammals or carcasses..  An interesting example of press  amnesia - remember those horror stories concerning WTSE in the press recently?  Suddenly Buzzards become 'Britain's largest bird of prey!   I'm not sure where they found their experts, but it also rather overdoes the species' dependence on carrion.  Far from being 'lazy' carrion eaters, according to the BWP food is 'taken by active predation, but occasionally scavenging'.  Prey are predominantly mammalian, but birds can also be a significant proportion of the species' diet - up to 24% evidently (although this can be as little as 2%) and can include species like Blackbird.A superb set of photos, though,</blockquote>