Is this a Buzzard?

tich007mt · #1 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 10:39 PM

Just sitting casually on a fence post. Pretty sure it's a Buzzard but looks lighter in colour than the one shown in my bird book.

Tich

Jason Green · #2 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 10:43 PM

Absolutely, Tich

aeshna5 · #3 (**permalink**) 24-09-2008, 05:26 AM

Yes, a Common Buzzard- they can be very variable with lighter + darker birds.

John · #4 (**permalink**) 24-09-2008, 07:06 AM

I have had Buzzards almost white before now, and even had one over the M40 near Warwick that at first I thought was a Osprey until I took a closer look at it.

As Aeshna5 has said. They are very variable and their range goes from both ends of the light / dark spectrum.

John

Moobli · #5 (**permalink**) 24-09-2008, 08:12 AM

Yep, definitely a common buzzard- great shots!

tich007mt · #6 (**permalink**) 24-09-2008, 09:05 AM

Thanks folks - a first perching Buzzard pic for me - usually just see them way up in the sky! Good feedback about the colour variance - learning all the time.

Tich

squishy · #7 (**permalink**) 24-09-2008, 07:02 PM

beautiful picture- i only ever see them wheeling in the sky

Bwrack · #8 (**permalink**) 26-09-2008, 06:07 PM

Nice one ..at Titchfield Haven Saturday last, saw a buzzard strike on a pigeon right outside
the hide... the pigeon escaped minus a few feathers, no doubt with a thumping heart !

Digit · #9 (**permalink**) 27-09-2008, 07:55 PM

I normally drive into Cardigan in West Wales daily, and every other tree and lamp post seems to have a Buzzard perched on it, and I have to say that I have never seen one that light in colour nor seeming to be that slim.
I wonder if the western ones are somewhat different to elsewhere in the UK.

Roy.