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Think it’s a kestrel.Red Kite ?
Love your pictures.
Red kite would have been a lot bigger I feel.
Think it’s a kestrel.Red Kite ?
Love your pictures.
Beautiful. Think the bird might be a kestrel. Just going by the description. They are a red brown, quite small and will hover for ages. Google it, see what you think.7.1 this morning for me after a late night but a pretty good sleep.
Went out to Bushy Park house spotting and they had lovely houses but all frankly a little deer.
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I think this is a hawk or falcon of some kind. It was quite small. Reddish on top. It hovered for ages above long grass and would drop lower in steps closer to prey but didn’t see it successfully get anything.
It was probably after the well disguised rabbits and mice!
There’s a rabbit in the centre of this picture!
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The deer were fabulous. They’re truly wild, obviously it’s a managed herd but they are wild and have freedom to roam over 95% of the park.
There’s a sense of then accepting our presence with a slightly disdainful wariness but then we found ourselves surrounded by grazing bucks and does as they ate and cooled down in the river.
One young buck sat down no more than three foot away and this particular herd numbered about 50 or so.
What did change was when a puppy slipped the leash and came over to investigate. In a flash the herd was not running away but actually all stood their ground and made a move on the puppy who ran back to his distraught owners.
Walked 20km over the course of the very relaxed day and I’ll certainly head back to Bushy Park again as it’s such a special place.
Also happens to be the location for the first ever Park Run!
Small, red back, long hover, head down position: kestrel? Red kite are not small - they are huge and have forked tails.7.1 this morning for me after a late night but a pretty good sleep.
Went out to Bushy Park house spotting and they had lovely houses but all frankly a little deer.
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I think this is a hawk or falcon of some kind. It was quite small. Reddish on top. It hovered for ages above long grass and would drop lower in steps closer to prey but didn’t see it successfully get anything.
It was probably after the well disguised rabbits and mice!
There’s a rabbit in the centre of this picture!
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The deer were fabulous. They’re truly wild, obviously it’s a managed herd but they are wild and have freedom to roam over 95% of the park.
There’s a sense of then accepting our presence with a slightly disdainful wariness but then we found ourselves surrounded by grazing bucks and does as they ate and cooled down in the river.
One young buck sat down no more than three foot away and this particular herd numbered about 50 or so.
What did change was when a puppy slipped the leash and came over to investigate. In a flash the herd was not running away but actually all stood their ground and made a move on the puppy who ran back to his distraught owners.
Walked 20km over the course of the very relaxed day and I’ll certainly head back to Bushy Park again as it’s such a special place.
Also happens to be the location for the first ever Park Run!
Think it’s a kestrel.
Red kite would have been a lot bigger I feel.
I knew it wasn’t a pigeon, swan, duck or ostrich!
I’d recognise a partridge, pheasant, grouse as well I guess. And cassowary but hopefully I’d never met one of those in the wild!Good list. Pretty much the extent on my certainty for that size too. I would add ‘sea gull’ but that’s not actually a specific bird and there are bazillions of them that all look the same!
Plus ‘pheasant’ but that is distinctive by the tire marks down its back and kerbside habitat.