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Aug 2020
9:48am, 23 Aug 2020
11,807 posts
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D2
I was surrounded by an enormous flock of swallows this morning when I was out checking my cattle, mind you there were lots of flies!
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Aug 2020
5:52pm, 23 Aug 2020
439 posts
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Weath
(Ooops - initially posted on the Coronovirus thread by mistake!)
Did someone mention Dippers? š
5 of them frolicking along the River Wye towards Monsal Head Bridge this afternoon. 2 Kingfishers, 2 grey wagtails, a robin and a handful of mallards added to a pleasant, if very wet, short walk.
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Aug 2020
5:57pm, 23 Aug 2020
45,490 posts
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Derby Tup
Good the see some Wye dippers 
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Aug 2020
6:03pm, 23 Aug 2020
3,171 posts
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um
Another bird id question ... initially I thought this was a buzzard. Viewed from a distance and the wy it flew. But then it hovered....
I'm still thinking it was too large for a kestrel, but not a buzzard. Any ideas? Or (just) a big kestrel?
In the New Forest, over open land, happily soaring 1/2 - 1 mile between hovers. No dives or plummeting.
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Aug 2020
6:12pm, 23 Aug 2020
1,301 posts
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Roberto
That exactly how o felt a few days ago um.
Looks like a buzzard to me. Apparently (having googled it) they often 'hang' in the air, using the wind which makes it seem like they are hovering.
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Aug 2020
6:20pm, 23 Aug 2020
45,492 posts
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Derby Tup
Stand up and stretch your arms out to your sides with your palms parallel to the ground. Then raise your arms up slightly with your figures spread and at about 30 degrees. Thatās what buzzard wings very often look like (and kite donāt)
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Aug 2020
6:37pm, 23 Aug 2020
28,125 posts
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Wriggling Snake
I would have said Buzzard, their colouring can vary a great deal.
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Aug 2020
6:54pm, 23 Aug 2020
441 posts
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Weath
I'm in the buzzard camp too.
Just out of interest I ran your first photo through the 'Merlin' bird ID app (recommended app for not only photo ID'ing, but also as a handy reference tool with calls/songs etc.) and its top choice for 'Best Match' was Common Buzzard.
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Aug 2020
8:06pm, 23 Aug 2020
17,504 posts
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Rosehip
"my" buzzards seem to hover for short periods - especially when it's windy - that looks like a buzzard to me
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Aug 2020
8:42am, 24 Aug 2020
3,174 posts
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um
Thanks all. I thought it was a buzzard at first, but then it started 'hovering' and that clouded my judgement. But too big for a kestrel.
It was quite a windy day, but also didn't ever come close.
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