Guest Ash Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 I was sitting in my high seat on sat morning [bANNED TEXT] this bird flew by it was quite big bigger than a gull white under side and had dark tips to its wings it quarterd the area before plonking down in a small pine tree i took its pic not very good like as the thing was over two hundred yards away any what is it ps its not a trick as i dont know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 osprey ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Keeps Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 ? sparrowhawk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ALEC01 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 looks like an augur buzzard or a lanner/peregrine [bANNED TEXT]. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest what a flight Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 goshawk/spars don't hunt by quartering there high speed contour hugging surprise attackers,its hard to tell from the pic but it looks like a hen harrier/osprey or even escapee redtail :11: ... W A F...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 could it be a montagus?... i would put my coin on harrier...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tiny tim 22 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 i will go for harrier as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest what a flight Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Its gotta be a male hen harrier black wing tips ooop noorth ,montagues harriers are exclusive to southern england.... W A F.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ash Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 I will go for harrier as well lol it cant be anything else i would question you on the montigu harrier WAF as there are two nesting pairs in tinabruach and i have seen them realy close. The birders were going daft one day as i was tramping across a moore lol they started on me i told them politly i didnt have enough time to talk as i was going to shoot my dinner and if this caused me to cross the path of some daft feckin bird so feckin what :11: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 WAF..no matter how localised a particular bird is they can be found throughout the UK.....abliet in small numbers, but still...you never know.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smudge 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Pereagine if thats how ye spell it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Wright 0 Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 i would say harrier of some sort Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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