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02-02-2010, 04:32 PM
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| | | Bird of prey identification please
can anyone help to identifiy this rapture, sorry about poor picture,
taken in may near winchelsea east sussex
thanks CN  |
02-02-2010, 05:05 PM
|  | New Member | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near Boston, Lincs
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
It looks like it could be a Hobby to me  |
02-02-2010, 05:10 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
That 'rapture' is a pigeon
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02-02-2010, 05:13 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
female Sparrowhawk would be my guess. |
02-02-2010, 05:17 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
Was on the cliff face, and i was at the btm approx 50ft distance,i couldnt get light right,is that a normal environment for a hobby then? |
02-02-2010, 05:26 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near Boston, Lincs
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
Can you provide the image straight from the camera (full size)? I blew it up and although it's very poor quality, I can make out the beard of a hobby, but no chest markings ... though it does look like a plump pigeon either,lol.  |
02-02-2010, 05:32 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: nottingham
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
looks like a peregrine to me... |
02-02-2010, 05:36 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
i have had problems with my curser flashing on and off, so had to leave the site and come back its ok now weird, anyway to catch up, i normally have to resize photos or they wont load, er i have about 5 piccys thats one of the best,il post the others in a bit be good to know |
02-02-2010, 05:37 PM
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| |  Re: Bird of prey identification please
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Originally Posted by thebeard  looks like a peregrine to me... | Me too! |
02-02-2010, 05:49 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of prey identification please
Does this one help, tried to keep definition to a max,never saw it fly off it just sat there till we got moved by tide | | | |
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