Bird of Prey 4ft WIngspan

[Dave7]

Did the bird have a long neck? Could have been Naomi Campbell.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

We saw a falconry display a while back. The narrator asked people with dogs to keep them on leads (there were quite a few there), and joked that if any dogs were let loose at the birds they would bring out their Golden Eagle, who would deal with them.
The sudden silence and change of mood was amazing.
In the background tumbleweed rustled past, folorn and hopeless, like a a passing spirit ever in search of a place of rest...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Yay for Golden Eagles

 

[MartinQ]

I'd go for Stymphalian birds.
There is a cluster in that part of the world. Apparently ...

 

[MontyVeda]

On the way back today in a tree in front of me was a bird of prey, each time I got close it would swoop down onto the track a few feet off the ground then go back up into another tree, this happened 4 or 5 times, before flying off over the trees. As I was behind it I never got a really good look at it, but the wingspan must have been at least 4 feet. This is on the North Notts/South Yorks border what's it likely to be?

Happened to me once on a winter walk... each time it went up in to the trees it pretty much disappeared due to its speckled brown plumage. Only saw it from behind in flight but once I'd got my 'eye in' and spotted it in the trees, it was an owl, a ruddy big one too.

 

[Drago]

 

[Andy_R]

One of these 2?

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

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Is that you ready to go down the pub on a friday night?

 

[Drago]

Nah, that's just my lunchtime pub outfit.

 

[Salty seadog]

On a group ride a few weeks ago a buzzard flew diagonally over me shoulder and of into the trees in front. Probably about 20 feet away from me.
Closest I've seen one.

 

[fatjel]

If it were here I’d say most likely a buzzard.
Red kites are noticeable by their forked tail

The local crows round here bully the buzzards something rotten
The kites they steer well clear of

 

[berty bassett]

I worked for a lady who was looking after an eagle owl - I looked in its cage but couldn’t see it anywhere - until what I thought was a tree stump blinked it was a monster !

 

[rich p]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned it before, but I wonder if it was a buzzard perchance

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

We get owls in Penistone. A few wooowoos from the lady owls, but mainly blood curdling screeches from the boy owls (I think that's how it works).

 

[Threevok]

Lots of owls and buzzards here, plus the odd Heron

Frighten the life out of me sometimes, they do