Rod
Old Oak
Looked out of the window to see this on the back lawn:
Probably a young Starling going by the feathers left behind?
Rod
Probably a young Starling going by the feathers left behind?
Rod
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The Hawk is Back
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Gorgeous. Is that picture taken though glass?
Lovely sight. 
Cheers
Mark
Cheers
Mark
Rod
Old Oak
Yes double glazing - luckily washed last week.
Using telephoto lens equivalent of about 400mm.
Rod
Using telephoto lens equivalent of about 400mm.
Rod
Mike G
Petrified Pine
Nice photos, Rod.
I watched a sparrow hawk take a mouse in our garden the other day, from about 10 metres away. We see buzzards all the time these days, but I was really excited to see a red kite when I was on a walk a couple of weeks ago. That's one hell of a bird, and there aren't many over here in the east of England.
I watched a sparrow hawk take a mouse in our garden the other day, from about 10 metres away. We see buzzards all the time these days, but I was really excited to see a red kite when I was on a walk a couple of weeks ago. That's one hell of a bird, and there aren't many over here in the east of England.
Rod
Old Oak
We see plenty of Buzzards too - there was one yesterday high in the sky being "mobbed" by a Rook. One of them was making a loud deep throated honking noise which brought my attention to them!
Kites not locally though I've seen them in my travels around here.
We have a Resident Peregrine in Winchester which I saw last year whilst watching the Granddaughters Sports Day. Swooping down at high speed after some pigeons.
Rod
Kites not locally though I've seen them in my travels around here.
We have a Resident Peregrine in Winchester which I saw last year whilst watching the Granddaughters Sports Day. Swooping down at high speed after some pigeons.
Rod
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Plenty of sparrow hawks, kestrels and buzzards around here, the kites are also growing in number. When we moved back from Oz you had to be east of Oxford to see the kites (up to 10 in groups soaring on the thermals above Stokenchurch) but in the last few years they have steadily moved westwards so now frequently see a pair from our garden in the Oxfordshire cotswolds.