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Large bird of prey, buzzard or maybe kite sized spotted wheeling about 10-20m above a field of wheat in lowland Bavaria. Somewhat pointy wings - not quite square edged like a buzzard, not quite pointy like a kite or a falcon. No fingers in evidence.
Uniform tan colour underneath the wings with I think a beige breast. Tail was longer than a buzzard but not as long as a kite, and rectangular. Like a kestrel but shorter relative to the body. The front half of the tail was beige but the back half was distinctly a darker brown, like it had been dipped. Darker brown than the wings.
Ideas?
Baby Robin
can I be the first to say (somewhat predictably of course) - a baby robin?? 😕
EDIT: bugger! too late by 5 seconds... damn my need to type more than I have to! 😡 😆
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Lammergeier?
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Hmm.. distinctly tan underneath though.. and that thing is huge too.
and it lives in the Himalayas...
I'm going to start bringing my camera with full on zoom lens to work I think...
Baby lammergeier?
Baby lammergeier on holiday?
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Lowland Bavaria? Prototype Zeppelin?
Lammergeiers are in Europe, there's just not many of them and I think they were mostly in Spain according to an article I read in BBC Wildlife.
Kite or Honey Buzzard maybe? Just a guess!
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Why oh why didn't I bring my bloody bird book?!
Sparrowhawk?? Although this looks like it has 'fingers'.
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That 's got a bit of attitude that Sparrowhawk.
Don't like the look of it. If I ran a pub, I woon't let it in. You just know there'd be trouble.
TAN under the wings. And it was chunkier than that and appeared much larger - seen Sparrowhawks before.
^^^^ I think he's looking for a bird in Bavaria, not Bulgaria......?
Sounds like a Harrier and no not the RAF GR9 type either! Harriers are quite common and are Buzzard sized but without pictures it's impossible to say.
Booted Eagle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booted_Eagle
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Rough Legged Buzzard?
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Guys.. tan. That's a light brown colour.
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Montagu's Harrier?
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Hen Harrier
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so, tan bird, looks like it's been dipped, pointy wings, no fingers on display, looks a bit like some other bird.
Is it one of these?
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CM, it was that sort of colour yes 🙂
Plain tan, no markings...