Ot right now thiz a Buzzard circling over

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  1. thetykester

    thetykester Well-Known Member

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    Oakwell if anyone interested, be quick.
     
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    Are you sure it's not a Vulture the way some on here talk ;)
     
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    think season before last there was a kestrel perched at the back of the East stand briefly!
     
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    I also once saw a cabbage White flutter by.
     
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    Might be the tricky winger we've been waiting for.
     
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    It's Eden Buzzard from Chelsea.
     
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    Saw something like that a month ago flying over Dodworth area, wings square at the ends. Might have been a Red Kite. It was a big beggar but I was driving so couldn’t give it close attention
     
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    Not one of those diarrhetic pigeons then that can be seen up back of Ponty.

    Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
     
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    Imminent shitting
     
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    Yes, saw a red Kite once ower Tarn, this was deffo a Buzzard though.
     
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    Buzzards are now the most common bird of prey in the UK...still a grand sight though ;)
     
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    That's surprising, I'd have thought it was the kestrel. Where's Nudger when you need him?
     
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    Used to be but got overtaken a few years ago due to habitat disappearing (though what an overpriced furniture shop closing has to do with it I don't know;) )
     
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    Difficult to tell instantly especially when driving but in flight the buzzard has a squarish/rounded tail whereas the kite has a v-shaped notched tail.
    There are a lot of red kites around Harewood house.
     
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    Buzzards have become a lot more active over most regions nowadays.
    They live off Carrion, like road kill , or leftovers from Foxes etc
    They are very graceful in how they can hover with little effort for hours ranging their typical haunts
    They use the air thermals to rise with little wing movement
     
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    There is a family of buzzards in a treetop in the field next to our house. We often see them flying so high that you wonder why they are right up there. What can they see????
    For such a big bird of prey they have such a girly little squeak, wouldn't frighten a mouse...… or would it !
     
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    See a pair of Buzzards regularly around Carlton and Royston. Crows often "mob" them, but they're a fine sight. Seen more this year than ever before.
     
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