Bird of Prey for ID, please

[briar rose]

I'm not very good at ID-ing Birds of Prey (especially from rubbish pics ) but this is the first time I've seen one flying over my house, and I've lived hear since 1989, so I'm eager to find out what it is

I really hope someone can identify this bird for me from these rather poor pics

Thank you



Being mobbed

[thebeard]

looks to me like a peregrine falcon, from the black 'mask', the striped underwings and the size compared to the herring gull.

[briar rose]

Oh, wow, thank you so much

That's the first time I've ever seen a Peregrine Falcon as well then

That's made my day

[Jason Claxton]

Yes definitely a Peregrine,a good spot that Briar Rose.

Cheers Jason.

[briar rose]

Thank you Jason

I only noticed it as the Herring Gull was making such a racket, I looked up and thought oooh, grabbed my camera and clicked away

I've now got a stiff neck from looking to see if it's up there again today

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by briar rose

Thank you Jason

I only noticed it as the Herring Gull was making such a racket, I looked up and thought oooh, grabbed my camera and clicked away

I've now got a stiff neck from looking to see if it's up there again today

Now all you have to do is work out what prey it's carrying! I'd guess it's a feral pigeon.

Cheers
Jonathan

[thebeard]

i've only seen a few, saw 2 today in the centre of nottingham, they nest on the big uni building but in the 3 years i've been here that was the first time i've seen them. got great views, as they were displaying and calling loudly and perching about halfway up. it was brill!

me and my friend got some funny looks as we looked excitedly through our bins, as its right in the studenty bit of town. haha

[briar rose]

Jonathan I thought it was some kind of Pigeon, then with the racket the Gull was making I wondered if it was one of it's chicks, or if it was just trying to keep it away from it's own nest

thebeard so my best bet to find it again might just be to go into town and park on the top of the multi story and have a good look, I know that the Gulls nest up there

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by briar rose

Jonathan I thought it was some kind of Pigeon, then with the racket the Gull was making I wondered if it was one of it's chicks, or if it was just trying to keep it away from it's own nest

thebeard so my best bet to find it again might just be to go into town and park on the top of the multi story and have a good look, I know that the Gulls nest up there

I'm not certain, but the prey does look rather pigeon like to me.

[RKB]

The prey is definitely a feral pigeon.