these are 2 very poor photos of a huge bird of prey that swooped down today, it landed on the ground next to my goat’s play platform. I quickly took this photo from inside, but I think it saw me and it flew straight off. It was enormous! I would love to know what it was. It was probably nearly as tall as my Pygmy goats!
Looks a lot like a Buzzard to me
Richard B
Looks like a buzzard with its white necklace
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Thanks. I wondered if it was a buzzard but it seemed to be too big to be a buzzard!
Common Buzzard.
These are good photos to i.d. from as they provide plenty of size comparisons. Compared to fencing, posts etc, the bird isn't really that large.
Thankyou all, I have seen it again this morning! I am sure it’s a common buzzard, although it isn’t so large it is much larger than anything I’ve seen before in the garden!
True. Would be here too. We get ravens and red kites too (but none land in the garden). I was just making the point of size in comparison to anything else it ‘may have been’.
I’m hoping it is a regular visitor!