Four buzzards over house , unusual or not ?

[annmaria]

Hi , we do get the occasional single buzzard quite high but to see four slowly circle was great , but is this normal? We live in small town between Blackpool and Preston so not out in the sticks really.
Cheers
Annmaria
With a bit of luck they could fly off with a few pesky cats

[tony a]

I've seen more around recently, coming back from Preston last week I saw one perched on the M65 exit sign.

[Capt_Lightning]

I've seen more buzzards together quite recently. Until today the weather has been very nice and they seem to be picking up small thermals. It's interesting to see them suddenly rise without as much as a beat of their wings.

[Kayleigh]

We get buzzards over our house. We are close to farmland. Have you got fields close by Ann.

[colincurry]

Is it courting time? Perhaps that's the reason.

Colin

[Blackdog]

I quite often see two, three or four soaring around together down here in the South West. None today though, the weather is foul

[annmaria]

[quote=tony a;268375]I've seen more around recently, coming back from Preston last week I saw one perched on the M65 exit sign.[/QUOTE
Bet that was distracting , I have only seen them through binoculars and even then they were impressive .
Annmaria

[annmaria]

Hi Capt -lightning They do look wonderful and is it me only they seem to cover a lot of space doing very little in double quick time, really something.
Annmaria

[annmaria]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

We get buzzards over our house. We are close to farmland. Have you got fields close by Ann.

Hi Kayleigh,
This little town is surrounded by farm land , strange we have only really noticed them ( one up to now ) in the last year or two, maybe we did not realize what we were looking at.

Annmaria

[annmaria]

Originally Posted by colincurry

Is it courting time? Perhaps that's the reason.

Colin

I thought my husband was being silly when he said that, do you really think they were sort of hanging out on a date , how romantic
Annmaria

[annmaria]

Hi Blackdog , the weather here is always changing ,spring then back to winter again........this afternoon has been fair and seeing Buzzards is a good sign, I think

[Meta menardi]

H'mmm, don't go out without an umberella.

[annmaria]

Made me laugh , thank you worth its weight in gold , I will use my hubs brolley of course LOL