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Raptor ID please

  • 15-09-2024 3:30pm
    #1
    Scotty #
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    Can anyone positively ID this raptor please? It's definitely not a buzzard, kite, or kestrel. It was being mobbed by hundreds of house martins and finches and then soared very very high were it proceeded to dive bomb two buzzards.

    https://flic.kr/p/2qgxeSv



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  • #2
    OpenYourEyes
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    It's a Peregrine!



  • #3
    Scotty #
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    Thanks OpenYourEyes.

    I wonder how sure you are? I ask because I asked a few birders on Twitter and they didn't seem to sure what it was. One suggested a (large) Kestrel but it absolutely was not a Kestrel.

    Here's the original phone video in HD, now on Youtube…

    https://youtu.be/61lAOlBhjFc

    In the second video, taken 1 minute after the first video, with my Coolpix P1000 (which I can't focus!!) the bird had gone way way up in the sky, to the point that you could hardly see it with the naked eye. To my surprise, it encountered some buzzards up there which it started to harass as seen in the video.

    https://youtu.be/D5rRD3Vcfak

    I live quite close to a quarry that did have Peregrine nesting in it a few years ago (according to an Environmental Impact report) so it's possible they've returned I hope!



  • #4
    OpenYourEyes
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    Apologies for the very late reply, but I'm 100% sure! Both the video, and your description, all match perfectly for Peregrine.



  • #5
    Scotty #
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Thanks @OpenYourEyes, I think I've seen it again once since then but it was gone before I had a chance to get the camera out.



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