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Bird of Prey.

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  • 07-07-2014 8:42am
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    kneemos
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    Came across what must have been a bird of prey yesterday,it was on top of a live crow and being harrassed by two other crows.It flew off anyway when I passed by,chased by the two crows.
    Any ideas what it was?Brown in colour and not that much bigger than the crows.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Buzzard


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    kneemos
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    Leon Tasteless Combat wrote: »
    Buzzard

    Looks like that all right.

    What about a much larger one I caught a glimpse of,massive wingspan and I think long neck.


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    dodderangler
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Looks like that all right.

    What about a much larger one I caught a glimpse of,massive wingspan and I think long neck.

    Massive wingspan and long neck? Heron maybe? What colour


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    kneemos
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Massive wingspan and long neck? Heron maybe? What colour

    Not a Heron.Not sure about the neck,but glided off the gate he was sitting on as I passed,the wings were probably the width of the gate(farmers gate)large body.A prey bird kind of look about him.


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    dodderangler
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    kneemos wrote: »
    Not a Heron.Not sure about the neck,but glided off the gate he was sitting on as I passed,the wings were probably the width of the gate(farmers gate)large body.

    Thing about bops including buzzards is that their wingspans look a lot bigger than they actually are.
    Depending on the county your in it's possible an wtse but I'd go with buzzard again maybe big female


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    kneemos
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    dodderangler wrote: »
    Thing about bops including buzzards is that their wingspans look a lot bigger than they actually are.
    Depending on the county your in it's possible an wtse but I'd go with buzzard again maybe big female

    About ten miles from the SE coast.looked very similar to the WTSE.


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