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Tuesday 21 April 2009

Eagle?: Golden/WTSE or is it a Buzzard?

This bird seen from the A93 (Just north of Blairgowrie) on 19th April 2009. Looked to be eagle-sized and did not appear to fly like a buzzard.
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous8 May 2009 at 12:18

    It's a Golden Eagle, You can identify it by it's white wing patches on the primary feathers

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  2. Mark Pewtress11 May 2009 at 11:06

    It certainly lookled like an eagle - just the way it held its wings and, as I said, it just looked too big for a buzzard.

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  3. John Molloy27 August 2009 at 05:52

    I'm not convinced it's a Golden Eagle, wing shape doesn't look right nor do the white patches on the wings (looks more like a Buzzard pattern), the way it's hanging it's legs down in the air is also more typical of Buzzard, will photoshop it later and see if I can pick out any more detail.
    The bottom two images are Raven.

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  4. Mark Pewtress27 August 2009 at 11:32

    Thanks for these comments John - I very much appreciate your input.
    I agree about the Raven.

    Regards,
    Mark

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  5. John Molloy27 August 2009 at 13:31

    After close study I'm certain it's a Buzzard, if you lighten up the underwing you can see the broad whitish band on the underwing typical of Buzzard, the wing tips are also showing typical 5 fingered primaries of Buzzard, Golden Eagle show 7 and fingers are longer more obvious on Goldie's.

    cheers, John

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  6. Mark Pewtress27 August 2009 at 14:56

    Many thanks John

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