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18-08-2010, 12:20 PM
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| | | unidentified raptor in Somerset
Please could someone tell me what raptor this is ? Photo was taken on top of a hill in North Somerset last year and I've only just transfered the picture from my camera memory to the removable card (camera memory being better than my own and I had to use the handbook to accomplish this).
It was taken at a distance (clearly) on a very cold, foggy day - I think it was in November.
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18-08-2010, 12:28 PM
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| | | Re: unidentified raptor in Somerset
Hi Lemars,
It's a pale Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo.
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18-08-2010, 12:53 PM
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| | | Re: unidentified raptor in Somerset
its a common buzzard 
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18-08-2010, 05:44 PM
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| | | Re: unidentified raptor in Somerset
For something with "common" in their name, I always think that they are striking birds. |
18-08-2010, 05:49 PM
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| | | Re: unidentified raptor in Somerset
For the striking Buzzards that'll be the subspecies 'buteo buteo militantis' |
18-08-2010, 06:39 PM
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| | | Re: unidentified raptor in Somerset
Looks like a seagull to me. |
18-08-2010, 08:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve_In_Cheshire  Looks like a seagull to me. | is there such a thing as a seagull 
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18-08-2010, 08:24 PM
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| | | Re: unidentified raptor in Somerset
[quote=faz;666336]is there such a thing as a seagull [/QUOTE
Oxford English Dictionary
Seagull
Pronunciation:/ˈsiːgʌl/
noun
a popular name for a gull  |
18-08-2010, 08:44 PM
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[quote=Goatboy;666350] Quote:
Originally Posted by faz is there such a thing as a seagull [/QUOTE
Oxford English Dictionary
Seagull
Pronunciation:/ˈsiːgʌl/
noun
a popular name for a gull | but its not a species of gull
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18-08-2010, 10:07 PM
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| | | Re: unidentified raptor in Somerset
And the OP's photo is still a Buzzard!
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