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8:33 am
February 15, 2011
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Simon Horsnall
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This looks very similar to the bird I remember seeing. Finally somebody has got decent views of it and I think we can conclusively say CB.
Simon
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9:19 pm
February 14, 2011
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7:18 am
January 7, 2011
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DaveJ
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Post edited 7:19 am – January 7, 2011 by DaveJ
I have a decent but old raptor id book, Flight Identification of European Raptors, Porter Willis & Christensen Nielson, 1974 juvenile rough legged usuallly have a black belly but not always and lacks the terminal band, plus our bird appears to have a pale wing patch and have we considered Steppe Buzzard ? I think the ball is still in the air on this one. Has anyone ask our own Jim Steel ?
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1:28 am
December 28, 2010
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SteveI
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I've had a good hunt round through books and on the net and have decided it was a pale comon buzard
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4:47 pm
December 27, 2010
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SteveI
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Regarding this dodgy buzzard
Today I saw a buzard sized bird overfly the canal going towards the erwash marsh
its underside was grey almost white with a bar on each wing about 2/3 the way along
did not notice tail feathers shape( too slow with binos)
is this the bird?
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9:41 am
December 17, 2010
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DaveJ
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This may be academic now but with bird ID software I put CB and RLB up on a split screen for flight comparison and I'm sure the bird i saw at Bennerley did not fly like CB, it flew, shall I say more like a "serious raptor" Sadly, I think we missed this one. 
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4:04 pm
December 15, 2010
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DaveJ
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Post edited 4:09 pm – December 15, 2010 by DaveJ
ChrisLuv said:
10th of December Dave? Last year?
Chris, I corrected the date I saw the "dodgy buzzard, the day we met at the Waxwing fest.
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8:05 pm
December 8, 2010
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ChrisLuv
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10th of December Dave? Last year?
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10:38 am
December 8, 2010
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DaveJ
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Post edited 4:03 pm – December 15, 2010 by DaveJ
I think this "dodgy" buzzard was Bennerley way in the same time scale, if it had very white underparts, there is a rumor of hybrid CB/RTH's emanating from Attenborough, but I think this bird was CB, I did an ID check as soon as I got home. I notice from the note book I saw the bird on the 5th. of Dec.
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7:15 am
December 8, 2010
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Simon Horsnall
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I was level with it so couldn't see the tail or get a very good view of underparts and wing pattern. The only thing that concerned me was the bulk, like I say, more reminiscent of Red-tailed Hawk. I'm presuming it was just a CB but I daren't hope for RLB.
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7:06 pm
December 7, 2010
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ChrisLuv
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Simon – this is an area with a lot of Common Buzzards (at least 7 have eben in the air at once).There's at least one troublesome one among them, I particularly remember a very pale bird.
Any tail features? I'm assuming you're thinking it was a slight possibility for a Rough Legged? or something more unusual?
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4:31 pm
December 7, 2010
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Simon Horsnall
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Just some supplementary info if anyone can get down.
I first picked it up at GR 448486 it flew to 448483 before turning west where I lost it over the railway line.
Simon
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4:11 pm
December 7, 2010
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Simon Horsnall
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Was down at Aldercarr Flash today looking for Water Rail. Went for a bit of a wander around and saw a very bulky Buzzard with strongly contrasting underparts. It was so unusual that my first thought was red-tailed hawk, it resembled that more than buzzard. I can't get down again until the weekend at the earliest. If somebody else can, might be worth checking out.
Simon
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hi simon sorry i have not got back to you the geneorator is out on loan its down south his dad took it on holiday in the caravan he uses it for the van as there id no elictric on site he wont be back for another 3 weeks so thats a no no for that shame about it just hope it works when he gets it down there ,, im up to the neck decorating but hope to be finished in a bit what date was the moth night will try and get as things have got a bit ectic this end went on that donkins site for the tubes there pretty cheap think there about £2 some think for a pack of ten i might have read it wrong i only want a couple just for ladybirde flys or small insects
take care
mick