I've no idea. Pretty much everyone on the nature forum says kestrel, and refers to certain markings. But I'm still stuck on the size of it - though I know little about birds of prey, it did seem to me WAY too big. I'll look up merlin! The trouble is, the picture's not very clear, and also gives no sense of scale.
Hmm, my first thought was kestrel (it'd make sense seeing perched low) but there is something un-kestrelly about it. If it didn't look mature I'd have suggested a juvenile harrier or something like. Identiftying's hard work innit!
Common blues, a peacock, and, bottom, some sort of fritillary
Male common darter
Cormorants
Grebe 
Wow! What terrific pictures they are.
ReplyDeleteThat raptor wasn't a merlin, was it?
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I've no idea. Pretty much everyone on the nature forum says kestrel, and refers to certain markings. But I'm still stuck on the size of it - though I know little about birds of prey, it did seem to me WAY too big. I'll look up merlin! The trouble is, the picture's not very clear, and also gives no sense of scale.
ReplyDeleteHmm, my first thought was kestrel (it'd make sense seeing perched low) but there is something un-kestrelly about it. If it didn't look mature I'd have suggested a juvenile harrier or something like. Identiftying's hard work innit!
ReplyDeleteI'll say. I know I'm on safe ground with my voles!
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