What's this bird of prey...

Gman2 · 28th November 2011, 21:59

Where we live we are well aware of kestrels and buzzards - on a warm day we can have several of the latter cruising on the thermals. Anyroad over the past few months there's a new one on the block - size between the two above but more towards buzzard size, hovers well but not as stationary as the kestrel with more of an arched back and a distinctive fan tail and the wings look quite curved in flight. Any ideas?

FLYER · 28th November 2011, 22:11

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Where we live we are well aware of kestrels and buzzards - on a warm day we can have several of the latter cruising on the thermals. Anyroad over the past few months there's a new one on the block - size between the two above but more towards buzzard size, hovers well but not as stationary as the kestrel with more of an arched back and a distinctive fan tail and the wings look quite curved in flight. Any ideas?

Could be a sparrowhawk

FLYER · 28th November 2011, 22:18

Poppy · 28th November 2011, 22:34

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My dad used to take me over the fields by us to see the sparrow hawk, lapwing and the skylark........... Don't seem to see any of these birds any more with all the land development that's going on...

WillyHeckaslike · 28th November 2011, 22:43

Sparrowhawks nay welcome in my garden.

Poppy · 28th November 2011, 22:45

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Sparrowhawks nay welcome in my garden.

But they are now a rare bird since i was a little girl Willy....

WillyHeckaslike · 28th November 2011, 22:50

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But they are now a rare bird since i was a little girl Willy....

Never had so many here.

Poppy · 28th November 2011, 22:51

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Never had so many here.

Should think yourself lucky then....

James.uk · 28th November 2011, 23:07

I recently read that only 70% of the England is urbanised.. Seems frogs and hawks are far more important than young people when it comes to getting a home to live in............

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WillyHeckaslike · 28th November 2011, 23:12

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Should think yourself lucky then....

Like Nightmare on Elm Street in our garden for all of the other birds, front and back nowhere is safe. Went out earlier this year to find the front lawn covered in dove feathers and my freshly washed and polished car streaked in blood where the hawk had flown with its booty in its mitts.

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