Buzzard at Shurlock Row

Was driving along the straight Mile at Shurlock Row towards Bracknell and spotted two large raptors in a field, so quickly pulled over and got the Olympus out with the 300mm lens to see if I could get a photo. Turns out it was two Buzzards (Buteo buteo) flanked by several groups of Fieldfare and Crows.

They were a little too far out for good photos and I didn't have the 500mm lens with me, but got a couple of photos the Buzzards which are good enough for identification. :)

The last photo was his gesture to me just before he flew off. :-rofl

Lol. Very good Rolf. Well spotted :-cthumb
I really like the second one :)

Yes, shows the wings well, can't wait to get my hide, I'll be camped in that field with the big lens. :)

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Originally Posted by rolf

The last photo was his gesture to me just before he flew off. :-rofl

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He appears to be making a comment along the lines of

Put that in yer pipe and smoke it :-elf

LOL, yes, didn't realise he'd done it until I looked at the photos on the PC. :-rofl Little devil. :-eball

You will need a hotty if you are going to camp out in your hide, your toes will get cold.
Sound very exciting :-snowball

You can buy electrically heated socks. :-rofl

The last one definitely looks like a message to you rolf :-snowball not long to wait now for your hide, what is it, 19 days and counting:-santasack

Excellent photos too rolf, well spotted :-cthumb

The shame is Babs, that on my way home, I was on the motorway and saw another Buzzard sat on the fence by the Burghfield services, but had no way of photographing it and it was less than ten metres away. :-eball

What a shame. :)

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Originally Posted by rolf

The shame is Babs, that on my way home, I was on the motorway and saw another Buzzard sat on the fence by the Burghfield services, but had no way of photographing it and it was less than ten metres away. :-eball

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Surely if you had put your mobile phone down you would have had a hand free to take a snap or was the traffic moving at speed for a change:-bgchrist

No, unfortunately I had nowhere to put my mug of Bovril and the cigarette would have stubbed itself out on the camera, so even putting the phone down wouldn't have helped really Neil. :-elf:-candy

Great photos, Rolf! I've only just seen them!

Please make sure you get one of those hides for a TALL person though - otherwise your electric socks (red?) will give the game away as you walk off wearing it!:-santasack. And you WILL remember not to smoke inside it....... just in case...?

LOL, funnily enough Catherine, they stand with the cover about four inches off the ground, so will have to wear quiet socks. :-elf

Don't smoke really, so no problem with that, just as long as the flask of mulled wine can sit on the spare seat. :)