OSPREY! Tealham Moor….Possibly or Large Pale Female Buzzard ????!

 
Paul Cousins
 
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17 July 2020 15:41
 

Thank you Jeff for the ID….Never mind, not long to wait for the August B/H regular visitor.

 
Jeff Hazell (Levels-birder)
 
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17 July 2020 15:29
 

17-July-2020
From your photos, definitely a pale-phase Common Buzzard.

 
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17 July 2020 14:18
 

I Approached Tealham Moor Drove from Mark. It was around 07:30. I turned right into Kid Gate Drove and half way before the bend to the left. On the right hand side freshly cut Round bales of hay. On the bales were what first appeared 3 buzzards. One much larger and paler. I thought it was a pale female buzzard at first. As soon as I put the window down to get a clearer look through my bins it flew off behind me flying parallel to Totney Drove towards Jack’s Drove.I continued to drive along Totney Drove watching it in the far distance flying across the fields. I lost it at Jack’s Drove Crossroads.After 20 minutes of searching I pulled into Sand Drove and walked 100 metres and I could see it on a tree behind the Tin roof shed in Totney Drove.

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