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J2R
J2R
Aug 2021
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I don't know whether it's the same with sparrowhawks, but buzzards seem to have a wide range of plumage variants. May be a raptor thing?
bonners
bonners
Aug 2021
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Thanks all. Yup, it was the back and the small size that caught me out, definitely looks far more sparrowhawk like when he gave me the front view.

The bungled hunt gave me an idea it was a youngster, it was unstealthlike I thought it was a wood pigeon at first and the sparrows stayed in the same tree giving it abuse 😀
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Aug 2021
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It’s that time of year when many birds are moulting so they don’t always look like you expect them to. Ducks go through eclipse plumage and males in particular can look very drab
Neil_E_There
Neil_E_There
Aug 2021
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Our visitor was back today, similar to those pics but perhaps a little lighter in colour. Looks like it had stored yesterday's meal or had another victim to devour.
J2R
J2R
Aug 2021
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6 August, sky above garden still richly beswifted.
flyingfinn
flyingfinn
Aug 2021
9:51pm, 6 Aug 2021
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Definitely looks like a Sparrowhawk to me too. I had a juvenile visiting me this time last year and making a right mess of attacks. It got hell from the Blue Tits. Especially when it got mildly tangled up in the rosebush. One particularly irate Blue Tit pretty much sat on it's shoulder (knowing full well it couldn't turn) and hurled abuse into it's ear. I'm not very fluent in "Blue Tit" but I understood the jist very well! 😂
flanker
flanker
Aug 2021
12:14am, 9 Aug 2021
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The thing I always remember is that of UK raptors only sprawks and goshawks have the bright yellow eye.
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
Aug 2021
4:43pm, 9 Aug 2021
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Loads of wheatear still around in Three Peaks country and over into Dentdale
pedroscalls
pedroscalls
Aug 2021
6:21pm, 9 Aug 2021
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Hi folks, can anyone advise me on what this one is, I've just had to rescue it from our loft.
TIA
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
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6:40pm, 9 Aug 2021
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