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Original poster

Birders: guess what I saw today

40 replies

TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:27

In my garden in rural Oxfordshire

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WeAreTheHeroes · 30/05/2021 21:28

A hoopoe?

Gladioli23 · 30/05/2021 21:28

Not a birder, but my guess is red kite?

Original poster
TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:29

We’re lucky enough to see red kites every day.

It was a LOT bigger than a hoopoe, which I would love to see

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Nuffaluff · 30/05/2021 21:30

Glossy ibis

YouBoggleMyMind · 30/05/2021 21:31

Flamingo?

Original poster
TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:31

Nope : often see egrets though which are sort of ibises

It was BIGGER than that

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YouBoggleMyMind · 30/05/2021 21:31

Sparrow hawk?

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TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:32

It wasn’t a 🦩

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TheSpottedZebra · 30/05/2021 21:32

Pelican

Nightbear · 30/05/2021 21:32

An ostrich?

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TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:32

Similar to a sparrowhawk except several times bigger

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Orcadianrythyms · 30/05/2021 21:32

Peacock

Postdatedpandemic · 30/05/2021 21:33

Osprey

UnkindlyMay · 30/05/2021 21:33

Pterodactyl? Archaeopteryx? Roc?

YoComoManzanas · 30/05/2021 21:33

Ostrich? Peacock?

YouBoggleMyMind · 30/05/2021 21:33

Buzzard?

Original poster
TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:33

It was smaller than an ostrich, thank goodness as it was flying

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LubaLuca · 30/05/2021 21:33

Golden eagle.

Nuffaluff · 30/05/2021 21:33

Marsh harrier

YouBoggleMyMind · 30/05/2021 21:34

European eagle owl

Original poster
TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:34

Some of you are on the right track

It was bigger than a buzzard, and happily I see them most days so not remarkable

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TheSpottedZebra · 30/05/2021 21:34

Goshawk

Postdatedpandemic · 30/05/2021 21:35

White tailed Eagle?
We see one in Wiltshire sometimes

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TigerDroveAgain · 30/05/2021 21:35

LubaLuca

Close but no cigar

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Bucklestimeshare · 30/05/2021 21:35

A golden eagle