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 kerv
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Sorry I know it's a rubbish photo. Taken on the beach at St Davids, anyone know what it is? Buzzard size but doesn't look like buzzards tail.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:39 pm
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Maybe a Kite?


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:42 pm
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aye, red kite.

forked tail.
And in its claws you'll just see a baby robin.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:43 pm
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Baby robin, innit.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:43 pm
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Nah, it's definitely a bird


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:43 pm
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Bent wings, forky tail = Red Kite.

Loads round here, North Yorkshire.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:45 pm
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Yep defo' a bird but pretty sure it's not a kite, the forked tail is pretty distinctive on a kite and this didn't have one as far as I could see.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:46 pm
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Looks like a buzzard from here (Notts)


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:46 pm
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Most likely a buzzard. Red kite tends to have sharper lines to its wings with a pronounced sweep. V tail also more prominent than the photo. Can't be 100% sure from the photo, though.

Buzzards typically have a very wide range of colourations, so can be easily misidentified.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:50 pm
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Definitely not a buzzard.. We've got a red kite feed station quite near us so get quite a few round here too but pretty sure it's not a kite.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 6:54 pm
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Marsh Harrier?
Flickr's set to private so tricky to see on here


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 7:02 pm
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Could be a Goshawk if not a Kite or a Buzzard, although they don't tend to be as big.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 7:03 pm
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Standard STW bird ID - Golden Eagle - Standard STW bird ID


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 7:12 pm
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Is this one of those magic eye things? Can't see a forked tail.

Reckon it's only a false widow; don't be worried, if it bites you you [b]probably [/b]won't die


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 7:19 pm
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Is it a Buff Orpington? Maybe a Suffolk Punch? Or did you just sneeze on the camera lens?


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 7:37 pm
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Buzzard.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 7:40 pm
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Griffin, Pegasuses or sky dog.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 7:43 pm
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terradacktyl, deffo.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 8:02 pm
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Bald eagle, I can see the sun reflecting off its head...


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 8:08 pm
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Looks like a hawk moth. Possibly a Lime Hawk-moth.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 8:09 pm
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Did someone say red kite..?

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Posted : 14/08/2013 8:10 pm
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Buzzard.

Colours vary a fair amount on them too.


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 8:16 pm
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Cheers for the suggestions folks, sensible and not so 🙂
It was the weird shaped wings that threw me, I'm not an accomplished birder by any means, but I can usually spot a buzzard,kite, baby robin or a pterodactyl!


 
Posted : 14/08/2013 8:20 pm