Buzzards on a pheasant (not graphic)

Spotted these two lovelys enjoying a new years day meal they were quite far away and when i tried to get closer they took off

Happy New Year to them, I guess!

Ohhhh well spotted.

Great spot Hayley and well done gettin a shot ... there's LOADS or buzzards around here, I love watchin um

We also have a sparrow hawk somewhere really close, and I've witnessed it (close up and very graphic) 5 times now, each time with a dove .. the one time the dove hit our dining room window tryin to escape ... it didnt!! ... and was unceramoniously stripped to the bone in front of us

There's also a tawney owl that landed on the tree outside the bedroom window about 6mths back, and we hear quite often at night ... love birds of prey

we see that regularly on the golf course where i work also sparrow hawks and kestrels even seen a few kites too. They have a release site in an old quarry for the kites.

You just reminded of this Andy.

We have a large cherry tree the other side of our garden fence that a sparrowhawk has used as an eating post before, hubby and me have spotted it there a few times at dusk. Fascinating to watch.

I've never seen a wild owl!

Kathy wrote:You just reminded of this Andy.

We have a large cherry tree the other side of our garden fence that a sparrowhawk has used as an eating post before, hubby and me have spotted it there a few times at dusk. Fascinating to watch.

Amazing to watch isnt it

Here's a couple of pics I took with my phone at a local falconry we go to about once a year

I must share the pics I took in lanzarote, I got a cracker one of a vulture and a condor

Wow, what beautiful birds they are.

We have the Raptor Foundation about an hour away from us here in Bedford, some of the birds there have been used in the Harry Potter films.

http://www.raptorfoundation.org.uk/

I used to work at the RSPB HQ in Sandy Bedfordshire, although nothing glamorous I was only in the finance department.

Hayley wrote:I must share the pics I took in lanzarote, I got a cracker one of a vulture and a condor

Yes please post them Hayley,

Ill get them on the comp in a while. Lying in bed like a snake after eating a buffalo

Hayley wrote:Ill get them on the comp in a while. Lying in bed like a snake after eating a buffalo

Oh dear, I do sympathise >< ><

ok here are some photos