Raptor ID please. Merlin? Lincolnshire UK today (1 Viewer)

[OldBins]

Assumed this was a peregrine, after a closer look, is it a Merlin?
Thanks.

 

[chowchilla]

Yes, it's a Merlin.

 

[OldBins]

Yes, it's a Merlin.

nice one, thank you

 

[Derbyfella]

nice one, thank you

Lovely photo

 

[OldBins]

Lovely photo

Thank you 😊

 

[dragnil]

Good shot, lovely bird, where was it?

 

[OldBins]

East bank Frampton RSPB reserve.
Went for the Black-winged stilts.
Birds everywhere.

 

[dragnil]

Yes, great place at the moment. TY.

 

[Rotherbirder]

A little stunner!

RB

 

[Derbyfella]

East bank Frampton RSPB reserve.
Went for the Black-winged stilts.
Birds everywhere.

Haha went there this year, was a lovely place. Saw my first ever wheatear that day. Very breezy though so not as many little birds On the reserve. Didn’t see the stilts Or the peregrines that pass through
all the little villages nearby appear to be called Frampton when we drove through them 😂