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Glesga_Steve wrote:Is this a peregrine falcon then? Certainly not a buzzard - it didn't look like one and seemed to be smaller.
Larger
Come on you HG twitchers - what kind of raptor is it?
rabmania wrote:Kestrel, I'd say.
rabmania wrote:Pretty sure Steve, been watching them for years. This pic is like yours I think.
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... N%26um%3D1
Boxer6 wrote:Kestrel was my immediate thought too, and female at that. The main identifier for me is the dark tear-stains under the eyes, and the overall brown-ness of the colouration. The male would have a bluer head and more reddish upper wings/body.
Nice capture though Steve - where did you see it?
Glasgowstef wrote:Ive been preying on burds in Glasgow for 5 years and this is 100 percent a bird!!!
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