danny boi 0 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 was on the train to work on saturday and between earlestown and newton le willows station i spotted a bop as we were going quickly at first its hape made me think it was falcon it had a sort of tear drop shape but then the colouring made me think it was a redtail? it had a white body and head with dark flecks and reddy brown wings like i say it was a passing glance but i couldnt identify it or see if it had any leatherwork attached anyone fly arounf that area?? cheers dan Quote Link to post
Brandybabe 0 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 was on the train to work on saturday and between earlestown and newton le willows station i spotted a bop as we were going quickly at first its hape made me think it was falcon it had a sort of tear drop shape but then the colouring made me think it was a redtail? it had a white body and head with dark flecks and reddy brown wings like i say it was a passing glance but i couldnt identify it or see if it had any leatherwork attached anyone fly arounf that area?? cheers dan Thanks for that Dan, there seems to be loads of birds going missing all over the country including one of ours, will keep an eye out for anything matching that description around that area on other forums! Carol Quote Link to post
EskdaleHawks 8 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 was on the train to work on saturday and between earlestown and newton le willows station i spotted a bop as we were going quickly at first its hape made me think it was falcon it had a sort of tear drop shape but then the colouring made me think it was a redtail? it had a white body and head with dark flecks and reddy brown wings like i say it was a passing glance but i couldnt identify it or see if it had any leatherwork attached anyone fly arounf that area?? cheers dan Big size difference between Falcon and Redtail. Most likely a wild Buzzard. Quote Link to post
Millet 4,497 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) Sounds like a wild kessy to me. Edited October 13, 2010 by Lady rosselle Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 could well be anything without seeing a picture! all sorts of escapees Hybrids and all out there these days........ Quote Link to post
danny boi 0 Posted October 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 deffinitly wasnt a kessy an seemed to be too white to be a buzzard i only just saw it never mind had time to take a pic ha ha the more i think about it it seems to be more a redtail Quote Link to post
Sky09 8 Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 could be a lght phase buzzard i had one a few years back Quote Link to post
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