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Buteo buteo
Apologies for the poor quality photo but this Buzzard suddenly came in to view circling high above some meadows we were walking in and its distinct shallow V wingshape and spread 'fingers' and tail fan are still visible in the photo, we did have it in binoculars to check but could tell from its mewing call what it was before we looked. The most widespread of all birds of Prey in Britain now.
seen circling above fields owned by the Yorkshire wildlife trust in Rotherham.
This was the only shot I managed to get as my camera will not focus on empty sky but the Buzzard happened to cross behind the power lines so it fared just slightly better and enough to tell what it is.
Spotted on May 17, 2013
Submitted on May 21, 2013
4 Comments
Thanks Alan, this was at Low common at Maltby we were actually taking the massive Dryads saddle fungi there but thought I'd try and capture it while I saw it. Poor birds of Prey always being mobbed by something ha! bit like the Ospreys at Rutland being mobbed by the Lapwings!
Well spotted Debbie we get quite a few around here, usually mobbed by Crows
Yeah you can in the larger photo when you click on it but as you say only just!! he was way up and circling between power lines and trees but its enough for documentation anyway :-)
You can easily see from this picture the V-shaped pale patch on the breast, half of it anyway!