Capel Fleet Bird ID help please

[KentYeti]

This photo is cropped right down to the actual pictels of a very long diatance shot taken a few minutes from sunset tonight at Capel Fleet. I only took it to help me ID the bird at the time as I don't take binos when I'm photographing. Blowing such photos up to max size in the camera viewfinder usually tells me it's a pigeon. But not this time!

It should be Marsh Harrier at that location. But it just doesn't look like one. Is it just a trick of the evening light and the extreme distance it was away from me?

I dont think it's Robin! LOL!



Cheers,

Bryan

[Adam Cheeseman]

Yes, Marsh Harrier.

Cheers,

Adam

[KentYeti]

Thanks Adam,

Cheers,

Bryan

[Ukwildlifeo]

Was there much down there this evening Kent yeti? Is the Se owl still around?

[KentYeti]

Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo

Was there much down there this evening Kent yeti? Is the Se owl still around?

Was there from before dawn today but the cloud and crud turned up so I went home!

Was at Capel Fleet yesterday and Thursday afternoon and evenings, and I didn't see the Short Eared Owl. It has consistently hunted the field next to the viewing point up until then in late afternoon/early evening, so I guess he may well have left now. I last saw him Tuesday evening, as I didn't go Wednesday.

But every time I've been there, I've enjoyed a very good display from the Marsh Harriers. Albeit on two days when there was local farm machinery working they changed their routing a bit, which is otherwise very consistent. But still clearly visible from the Harty Ferry Road at that point. Plus a resident Kestrel, and a Heron that drops in late afternoon nearly everyday!

Cheers,

Bryan

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by KentYeti

Was there from before dawn today but the cloud and crud turned up so I went home!

Was at Capel Fleet yesterday and Thursday afternoon and evenings, and I didn't see the Short Eared Owl. It has consistently hunted the field next to the viewing point up until then in late afternoon/early evening, so I guess he may well have left now. I last saw him Tuesday evening, as I didn't go Wednesday.

But every time I've been there, I've enjoyed a very good display from the Marsh Harriers. Albeit on two days when there was local farm machinery working they changed their routing a bit, which is otherwise very consistent. But still clearly visible from the Harty Ferry Road at that point. Plus a resident Kestrel, and a Heron that drops in late afternoon nearly everyday!

Cheers,

Bryan

Thanks. I keep meaning to go there but the entrance road to Elmley is like a magnet that draws me in! Cant resist having a look for a good photo along it!

[KentYeti]

Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo

Thanks. I keep meaning to go there but the entrance road to Elmley is like a magnet that draws me in! Cant resist having a look for a good photo along it!

Virtually nothing on that side of Elmley for my last few drives along that road. Needs a lot of patience, but I did happen upon a Kestrel the other day that wasn't at all bothered by my car getting very close as it hunted.

[Grey Birder]

Looks like the same bird we saw on Wednesday.