PINNACLE 2,297 Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 I posted in Wildlife and Photography the same question but there seems to be two thought on what this is. I live in Surrey a few miles from Guildford and this is the first of these I have seen round here. We had a Collared Dove killed and eaten in our garden about 2 weeks ago and I got a breif glimps of a very similar bird finishing it off before it saw me in the window and left. I took these two shots this weekend when I was out with the dogs and my kids about 3 miles away on one of the local commons. I spotted it a long way off, it moved very quickly, darted round a few trees before sitting on this branch. It had thin long wings and it did not hover like a Kestrel and looked bigger. It was very timid and we could not get close, these shots are cropped at 300mm on a crop camera (480mm equiv) so sorry for the quality. You can enlarge if you click on them and it does not look ringed. What is it please? Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Looks like a Hobby to me Pinnacle . I'm probably wrong as I usualy am Jasper Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 as i said before looks like a hobby however it shouldnt be bigger than a kestrel and they tend to mainly feed on insects and the odd small bird. Quote Link to post
grovsey 74 Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 did it have any rings or jessies on ?does look likle a hobby to me as could be a juvinile high bred Quote Link to post
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