Buzzard by Gary Martin

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16-JUL-2005	Gary Martin

Buzzard

Llanelli, Wales

Buteo buteo
AKA: Common buzzard
The commonest UK bird of prey, it is quite large with broad, rounded wings, and a short neck and tail. When gliding and soaring it will often hold its wings in a shallow 'V'. It is variable in colour from all dark brown to birds with pale heads and breasts, all have dark wingtips and an unbanded tail.
(Info from www.pbase.org.uk)

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM
1/400s f/10.0 at 400.0mm iso200 hide exif

Full EXIF Info
Date/Time	16-Jul-2005 13:46:45
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 20D
Flash Used	No
Focal Length	400 mm
Exposure Time	1/400 sec
Aperture	f/10
ISO Equivalent	200
Exposure Bias
White Balance	(-1)
Metering Mode	matrix (5)
JPEG Quality	(6)
Exposure Program	manual (4)
Focus Distance

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Guest		04-May-2016 08:10
Have 3 above the spinney in Burnham near Slough.

Guest		18-Apr-2015 15:56
Spotted one in weasel cemetery today

John Smith		18-Mar-2014 10:12
We live in Hayle, Cornwall. There are many buzzards around this area,very common. We have a nesting pair in our pasture.

Wendy Swords		02-Jun-2013 19:37
Saw one of these this afternoon flying over our garden in Evenwood Bishop Auckland at about 3pm roughly. Couldn't believe what we were looking at.

Jean Doherty		24-May-2013 17:18
Saw this bird yesterday 23rd May 2013 outside Kells in Northern Ireland. It rose from the field on my right across the car to the field on the left. I've never seen anything like it before

Guest		02-Mar-2013 16:56
we saw a buzzard in mansfield today. It was huge! by jessica age 11

Brian.		22-May-2012 21:56
Brian.I saw a buzzard today very close to Junction 7 on the M61 Motorway,close to Horwich, Bolton. I live close by and watched it for about ten minuets whilst walking my dog. It was just has the picture shows it, However the under side of its body and wings were golden yellow, the best thing I have ever seen.

Dave		29-Apr-2012 18:31
I saw a buzzard swoop across the road I was driving down, not 20m in front of my car and land in a tree. It was the most amazing thing I have Evernote seen. Sighting was on 27/04/2012 near Haydock Golf Club on Newton Lane/Rob Lane at the side in Golborne Park Wood WA12. Sighting was at 8.50am.

keit asquith		02-Mar-2012 16:54
i saw a single buzzard yesterday(01/03/12)around 11am here in west yorkshire then at 3pm i saw 3 of them soaring up above me against a clear blue sky then 3 soon became 5 in total what a sight to see thoroughly enjoyable.

Tassagh		22-Aug-2011 13:03
August 22 2011 Templepatrick, N.Ireland arrived home to find a young buzzard sitting on top of the roof of my bungalow There have been two adult birds flying here in the last three years and I assume this is their offspring Great picture

angela cassidy.		20-Jul-2011 09:03
We saw one in our garden yesterday.It had a collard dove in it`s claws.It dropped to the ground and we must have startled it and the dove managed to make an escape.It is the first one we have ever seen. It was magnificent.

Andy		24-Mar-2011 14:38
Mystery solved (i think) I have one of these birds flying nearby, it's been with us for two or three days now, it fly's very high and catches thermals. It has a single high pitched cry, it sounds almost distressed in fact. Huge creature, very impressive. I've been trying to identify it's markings and this picture helped no end.

Mrs J Clout		20-Mar-2011 15:01
18/03/2011. My husband and I plus our neighbours spotted 7 of these birds soaring very high and tumbling in the sky as though doing some kind of courtship, their wing spans could have been anywhere between 6 and 8 foot across, the only time I have ever witnessed anything like this before was while holidaying in Vancouver several years ago that time I was seeing bald eagles. We live on the edge of Cayton Carrs Wetlands some 4 miles from the east coast of Yorkshire.

Guest		16-Feb-2011 16:37
My partner and I were staying in Mark, Somerset and had seen five or six large birds perched on sign posts which I assumed were large owls out in the day! these pictures have helped a great deal in trying to identify what we had seen.

Gregory Wright		27-Jan-2011 15:16
A stunning bird of prey! I was driving in Worecester on Tuesday 25.01.11. and an enormous Buzzard startled me as it flew up from a hedgrow & flew right across the car at windscreen height. I live in London and feed all my little garden birds to it was a suprise and a great memory from my day in the country roads around Evesham/Stratford/Worcester. Just had to check the bird out on the web As I was heading back to London via the train, I asked the taxi driver about the bird and he said it would definately have been a Buzzard. Gregory Wright

barbara		19-Jul-2010 07:37
Spotted enormous buzzard by M2 from Sheppey to Dover> Biggest wing span I have ever seen on a bird of prey or indeed a buzzard! Barbara Dover

Mrs C Knight		15-Jul-2010 17:11
while walking a fledgling was blown into a wall and was about a foot away from me. he had been flexing his wings for a few days. he sorted himself out and took flight. the most amazing moment of my life shame i didnt have my camera phone ready.

Jane		04-Apr-2010 10:31
What a glorious picture of a buzzard! I find it a help to identifying them when I hear their mewing cry overhead.

Jo Bell		18-Jun-2009 17:52
Great picture and it helped me identify the bird that just over my house. Thankyou :)

Mark		27-May-2008 11:30
i like the picture of the wings that picture is beautiful i like buzzards.

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