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gray_b

Joined: 24 Jun 2011
Posts: 254
Location: Leafy Shires of the Midlands

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 16 8:08 pm Post subject: Any bird identifiers on line, to id my bird
I have couple of these flying around, but I cannot accurately say what species they are. This is the only one I managed to get a good still image from of a video camera, as they fly so fast. They fly in and out of our tall trees and even straight through the canopy's. Any ideas plz

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35058
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 16 9:16 pm Post subject:
Could it be a hen harrier?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46340
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 16 12:12 am Post subject:

if it is it is a girl or a juvenile.it looks about the right shape and colour scheme ,hard to judge the size from the photo but i cant think what else it might be.

is the other one the same colour? or is it more grey and black?

if one like the snap and one grey black it is likely a pair,2 like the snap are probably young ones.

ps i dont think they take hens but they might have a chick should there be any available iirc they mostly eat ,mice voles etc etc .

gray_b

Joined: 24 Jun 2011
Posts: 254
Location: Leafy Shires of the Midlands

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 16 12:36 am Post subject:
about the size of a medium pigeon, if that helps. I will try and get a video up shortly.

gray_b

Joined: 24 Jun 2011
Posts: 254
Location: Leafy Shires of the Midlands

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 16 12:42 am Post subject:
I have the full video. the birds are just over way throu the video, blink and you will miss them. checkout https://www.gb-online.co.uk/dump/imag0081.avi

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45698
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 16 6:17 am Post subject:
Sparrowhawk?

buzzy

Joined: 04 Jan 2011
Posts: 3708
Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 16 8:32 am Post subject:
Sparrowhawk is much more likely than Hen Harrier, which is a very rare bird in England. Henry

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46340
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 16 11:17 am Post subject:
s' hawks are closer to large pigeon size than h,harriers which are large crow size

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