Another BOP ID

[sharky620ti]

Hi all... me again!


Is this another hen harrier? or something different?
I've over sharpened the pics to pull some detail out as they were taken at quite some distance.







and a crop of the head if it helps?

[Shrike]

Yep i believe its your Hen Harrier again and even if they have been brightened nice pics all the same

[Dogghound]

Juvenile Female Goshawk

[sharky620ti]

This was on open moorland miles from any woodland, is that the kind of area Goshawks would normally be? I thought they were woodland birds.

there were 3 Kestrels mobbing it constantly while it circled over the moor, but it ignored them.

[aeshna5]

Agree with juv Goshawk.

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by sharky620ti

This was on open moorland miles from any woodland, is that the kind of area Goshawks would normally be? I thought they were woodland birds.

They are essentially a woodland bird and heavily restricted to woodland. However they often forage within open areas. This is a juvenile bird so is likely to be dispersing from its parents territory, these birds often turn up away from woodland.

[Shrike]

I did wonder that it didnt seem to be holding wings in a V , there you go i should have studied it much more

[sharky620ti]

Thanks for the info. And i'm so please to have seen my first hen harrier and now my first goshawk within a few days of each other.

[billybirder]

wonderful pics!! I've never seen a goshawk..