What is this bird

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  1. martinowen

    martinowen Moderator
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    I'm not really into birds (no not like that I mean feathers etc)
    This has been flying near me the last week and it's pretty big!
    Sorry about the pics they are iPhone and I'm know photographer





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  2. Lozzy

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    Buzzard maybe?
     
    #2 Lozzy, Apr 20, 2015
  3. Barney1take2

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    Hi martin

    I would guess its a kite looking at its tail ( maybe red kite )
     
    #3 Barney1take2, Apr 20, 2015
  4. martinowen

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    It seemed to be playing in the wind as if it was a kite..........is that why they get there name?
     
    #4 martinowen, Apr 20, 2015
  5. t0m541

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    I would agree with Barney..Red Kite by the look of it...
    Great photo's Martin considering it's an iPhone you're using :)
     
    #5 t0m541, Apr 20, 2015
  6. raphael

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    Would say red kite as it has a forked tail! Pretty low aswell cracking bird
     
    #6 raphael, Apr 20, 2015
  7. martinowen

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    Only noticed it as it seemed to be playing about right above us, at some points that low I could of prob grabbed it out the air
     
    #7 martinowen, Apr 20, 2015
  8. racman

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    i,m a bit of a twitcher martin and that is a redkite. used to be very rare at one time in uk, but now quite abundant in certain areas. awesome bird, and excellent piccys with iphone
     
    #8 racman, Apr 20, 2015
  9. IcarusGreen

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    Ye, Red Kite. Loads of them in the Oxford area and the numbers are on the increase so wouldn't be surprised that they've got as far as your neck of the woods.
     
    #9 IcarusGreen, Apr 20, 2015
  10. Beckers

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    As all said, Red Kite, you see them now off the M40 and in mid Wales, hoping there will be some near my new place in Gala too,
     
    #10 Beckers, Apr 20, 2015
  11. Great Guy

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    It might be a pterodactyl.
     
    #11 Great Guy, Apr 20, 2015
  12. Millsp1

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    As first reply said, it's a buzzard, to big for a kite.
     
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  13. coupe312

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    100% Red kite the tail feathers give it away, can spot a mile off forked = kite buzzard are rounded tails, the wings of a buzzard slighly heaver looking.

    nice kite photos
     
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  14. martinowen

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    Just googled pics of buzzard and red kite and defo looked more like the kite in person
     
    #14 martinowen, Apr 21, 2015
  15. IcarusGreen

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    Yep, exactly.
     
    #15 IcarusGreen, Apr 21, 2015
  16. pete954

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    Yeah that's unmistakably a Red kite. Beautiful birds in flight,. I see them swooping down on bits of road kill etc in Windsor Great Park as I'm riding my push bike through there. You can get real close to them at times when they are looking for food.
     
    #16 pete954, Apr 21, 2015
  17. HRCTrev09

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    +1 for a Red Kite the tail feathers are a dead give away that signature V shape! And the fact I was a square child hung up on ornithology I liked nothin better than lookin at a nice pair of Tits o_O :D
     
    #17 HRCTrev09, Apr 21, 2015
  18. Lozzy

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    I was wrong with buzzard having now looked at pics of red kite! Every days a school day as they say :)
     
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  19. scooby

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    so is It decided it's a red kite?:D
     
    #19 scooby, Apr 21, 2015
  20. Beckers

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    Was always a Red Kite!

    ;)
     
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