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Raptor of some kind, soaring quite high. Pale V shaped band across the open wings.
I was in a car at a traffic light, strapped in the rear seat when I caught sight of this bird. I got just one shot through the window...sorry about the poor quality. It is a bird of prey; that is all I can tell. Cropped the photo a lot.
All thanks to Malcolm Wilton-Jones for (i) ID-ing it. (ii) Posting the correct location for me because the map wasn't working OK on my borrowed computer and (iii) for enhancing the poor original shot of mine.The Red Kite has been described as 'the most beautiful bird of prey in Britain'." ARKive says "
Thank you so much. @ Malcolm Wilton-Jones.
I have never seen a Red Kite before...hope to see one, closeup before I leave.
I have cropped and enhanced the picture for you and posted the result in 2nd place. This is a young Red Kite, very common over Leeds.
OK, it does not like the format you got from Google even though it is correct, it needs modifying as per my earlier message to this 53.8008, -1.5491 so leave off the degree symbols and letters and add the - for west, then it shows Leeds, is that correct? I have moved your map pin to that point. I will also pass the information on to our programmer but I feel this is a problem with Google itself as we use Google maps and Google cloud services to do the mapping for us.
Project Noah locations as I described will work even when the location is turned off but they must be entered in the correct format, otherwise errors occur. If you tell me the location I can correct it now.
I am working on a borrowed laptop with location turned off by the owner...I will now not post anymore till I can access my own and see if the map works for me.
If you are using a mobile APP that may be the cause of the problem.
To get round it use your browser and log in like you would with a PC.
If you are using the online program via a PC or Laptop the following explains how to make the Mapping work properly
MAPPING
All you have to do when you select location is either enter coordinates if you know them, or leave it blank and press enter. With the latter option you will be taken to either your last used location or to Lat 0 Lon 0 on the map and you can then drag and drop the pin in the correct place manually in conjunction with the zoom buttons for greater accuracy.
If you have a camera which has an attached operating location device such as GPS, or are using a mobile device with camera and location services turned on, when you upload the picture it will also read the location data and automatically put the pin in the right place.
If you know your location data you can enter it in the format 0.00 0.00 You must enter at least 2 decimal places even if they are zeroes. Use more for greater accuracy.
Put a - sign in front of the first number if you are south of the equator, and a - in front of the second number if you are west of the Greenwich meridian.
You can contact me via support@projectnoah.org if you still have problems and I can fix it from here.
It's the map that is not working...it shows up fine when I paste the city coordinates (as per Google) then goes all blue when I post. Maybe the IT guys can help.
Please try to be more precise with the locations, at the moment your map pins are in the sea. Location can be crucial in identifying birds, especially large raptors. It does look like a Black Kite but they are extremely rare though well reported when seen with an exact location.
Spotted on Aug 19, 2017
Submitted on Aug 21, 2017
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