Can you please Identify these beautiful Birds for me.
I'm not a name kind of person so forgot to look past their beauty to their names :D
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Can you please Identify these beautiful Birds for me.
I'm not a name kind of person so forgot to look past their beauty to their names :D
Nice shots Chris, the second one looks like a Merlin, was it quite small?
Not sure about the first one, possibly not a native bird, or perhaps even a hybrid.
On second thoughts, could be a Lanner Falcon.
I can't help with ID, I really don't know birds of prey.. but ai just had to say that the first shot in fantastic.
Chris, I looked in this morning, but am only just able to reply!:)
I agree with Rolf's ID of the second pic.
The first one reminded me of a bird we saw at Beaulieu - during a Falcon display. I'd taken a pic of it, but didn't know the species. :(
Below is the pic I took, plus the falconer's email reply to my asking its ID this morning. The second pic shows her in the background (behind the Peregrine and the Kestrel) The third one shows a Lanner Falcon with its handler.
With regards the picture of Bess. For the purposes of education etc. She is a Peregrine Falcon and the only reason that you can’t see the “Malar Stripes” (moustache) is because of her posture.
However, she is a little different in colouration from a UK Peregrine because she has some “Saker” Falcon in her .
Perhaps therefore it is a Saker Falcon - or a Saker/Peregrine, or Lanner/Peregrine cross?:confused:
The first one looks like a Peregrine.
I agree to. The second one looks like Merlin