virge05 40 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 on monday i was comin bac across dartmoor from hexworthy to princetown an saw a load of twitchers lined up on the edge of the road so i stopped to ask what bird they was lookin fer an wad told it was a young lammargeier..for those who not familiar wit it basically its a big ol vulture..jus interested to know if anyone ad spotted it..it was las seen near south brent..cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 32,389 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 on monday i was comin bac across dartmoor from hexworthy to princetown an saw a load of twitchers lined up on the edge of the road so i stopped to ask what bird they was lookin fer an wad told it was a young lammargeier..for those who not familiar wit it basically its a big ol vulture..jus interested to know if anyone ad spotted it..it was las seen near south brent..cheers I saw it twice fly over my house a few weeks back, seems to be moving south as I'm in avonmouth , thought it was a model when I first saw it as its massive and flys for miles without beating is wings glad to here it's still ok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
virge05 40 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 thx fer replyin greyman..has it got white/creamy underside of wings an body cos if it has then i tink i see it briefly a couple days ago..either that or it was a massive buzzard..thx cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 32,389 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 thx fer replyin greyman..has it got white/creamy underside of wings an body cos if it has then i tink i see it briefly a couple days ago..either that or it was a massive buzzard..thx cheers it was flying quite high when I saw it and was hard to make out to much colour but there was a lot of cream colour, on the underside of the body as my first thought was I was looking at an osprey, it was only when I saw a story in my local paper with a picture that I realised what I,d seen, the size is the main giveaway as it has a nine foot wingspan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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