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Old 19-02-2008, 09:28 AM
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Kestrel?

Sorry I know its a bad photo taken at max zoom, but is it a kestrel?



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Old 19-02-2008, 09:57 AM
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Re: Kestrel?

Hello John looking at the pic it looks like a Buzzard to me
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Old 19-02-2008, 10:35 AM
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Re: Kestrel?

Kestrel. The tail's too long for Buzzard.
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Old 19-02-2008, 11:15 AM
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Re: Kestrel?

hya looks to big for a kestral more like a sparrow hawk
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Old 19-02-2008, 11:16 AM
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I think sparrow hawk too
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Old 19-02-2008, 12:28 PM
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Re: Kestrel?

For me, not enough speckling or streaking for it to be Sprawk, I reckon it's a Kestrel fluffed-up in the cold air.
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Old 19-02-2008, 12:54 PM
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I'd say male kestrel
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Old 19-02-2008, 05:29 PM
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Kestrel for me.
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Old 19-02-2008, 08:18 PM
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A Kestrel.

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looks like a kestrel
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Old 21-02-2008, 07:48 PM
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I agree, kestrel
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