Your going to have to take my word for it

[Tringa]

Sorry the photo is rubbish - I spent too much time looking through the binoculars and by the time I got camera it was leaving, but the photo is a buzzard.

It was taken on Saturday from our back garden in London.


Dave

[RobinP]

I often get them passing overhead on a warm, sunny day, usually small groups of up to five. The call is what alerts me to their presence.

Robin

[Richard Baber]

I find I hear them more often than see them at first, if you see what I mean. Their calls alert me to their presence, prompting a scan of the sky, and they're often very high up. Way too high for a photo.

Richard

[Kreacha]

I counted eight above my house at the same time one day last week. They seem to be doing really well around here.

[Rye]

I was at a falconry centre yesterday handling a Eurasian eagle owl and watching a Pere/Saker falcon and Steppe eagle display. As soon as the guy brought the falcon out the buzzards arrived high above, there was 7 of them visible at one point, all within minutes, the falcon was very nervous whilst feeding. Always a spectacular sight watching wild buzzards riding thermals, welcome to spring/summer, you will see them every and anywhere nowadays. )

[htcdude]

Originally Posted by Kreacha

I counted eight above my house at the same time one day last week. They seem to be doing really well around here.

I'd love to have just one above my house!

They seem to be doing well everywhere. As Britain's most common raptor that's to be expected Hopefully other raptors will start to increase just as well.

Nige

[nikolai_avenger]

Yep, seems to be loads of buzzards around at the moment (round our way, anyway). As mentioned above, their 'mewing' call is a good indicator that some are nearby, although it carries a long way. I find the best viewing can be had on a sunny day with a bit of cloud, they seem to be lower then.

Fantastic birds and one of my favourites.

Cheers. Nik.

[RobinP]

Once they spot you, they just seem to drift away....

These two were taken today at extremely long range.





Robin

[toadpole]

I too had a Buzzard over my house 5 days ago and yet again it was the ''mewing ''as i call it allerted me to it ...it was very high up and have seen up to 4 in the same spot a few times before ...amazing what you see if you look up down and around Marion

[sunnydale]

I see Buzzards regularly, circling above the golf course and woods above Bakewell. I love that sort of eerie call they make. Unmistakable!