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Buzzards - Western Isles Birds
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Buzzard - Timsgarry
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Buzzard - Timsgarry
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Buzzard - Isle of Harris
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This buzzard was one of a pair that were with their "kill" a rabbit at Timsgarry - Uig |
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This buzzards "mate" had just flown off leaving this one watching both us and the rabbit closely. |
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A buzzard - seen along the Golden Riad - Isle of Harris |
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Buzzard - Reef
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Buzzard -Western Isles
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Buzzard - Newmarket
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I took this photo from the car - just wound down the window whilst he posed at Reef - Isle of Lewis sightings |
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Leverburgh - Harris - the buzzard in flight - magnificent wings |
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Watching everything and seeing all this buzzard perches in a tree nearby the croft. |
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Buzzard - Isle of Harris
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Buzzard - Uig
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Buzzard -Isle of Lewis
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This buzzard was just sat quietly not far from the roadside - he looked magnificent. |
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A treat to see this buzzard quite close really - at Uig - Isle of Lewis in February |
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The buzzard looks so proud - I know he knew we were there - we took the picture from inside the car. |
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Buzzard
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Buzzard in Flight - Uig
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Western Isles bird sightings - a buzzard at Uig - Isle of Lewis |
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A buzzard - seen standing on the monument - Isle of Lewis Feb 2011 |
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The buzzard looks magnificent in flight - you can really see its wing tips as it prepares to land |
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Buzzard - South Lochs
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Buzzard - Isle of Harris
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Buzzard -Western Isles
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This buzzard posed for us on the rock just a few yards up the South Lochs Road |
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Taking flight - this buzzard seen along the Golden Road - Harris |
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This buzzard standing on the monument - actually just doing a "plop"! |
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Buzzard - Garry
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Buzzard -Western Isles
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Buzzard -Western Isles Birds
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The buzzards vary in colour - some birds being much paler or darker than the usual darkish brown. This one was at Garry - July 2009 |
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This lovely bird, the buzzard was spotted along the Lochs Road - Isle of Lewis - Bird Sightings Feb 2011 |
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The buzzards prefers the open countryside with small areas of woodland or the edges of more densely wooded areas - but recently they can often being found closer to populated areas, where they can scavenge waste. |
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Buzzard - Garry
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Buzzard -Western Isles
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Buzzard -Western Isles
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All year round the buzzard soars, display and call most in spring. The wingspan varies between 48 inches to 60 inches. Buzzards have a body length of 20 inches. Its plumage is a rich brown, with lighter markings beneath. In flight the wings have a ragged, moth-like appearance as this bird glides to and fro at a tremendous height |
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Buzzards eat mice and other small rodents, rabbits, young birds and reptiles. & hunt by pouncing from a low hover or a perch and eat rabbits which are plentiful here. Buzzards hunt during the day. They are usually seen on their own, or in pairs. A buzzard spends long periods soaring, holding its straight wings motionless, with the tips of the primary feathers curved upwards and the tail spread out. |
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Buzzard - seen along the Lochs Road - Western Isles Birds - Feb 2011 |
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Persecution of the Common Buzzard started a long time ago in the UK. Henry VIII made egg stealing illegal, but excluded buzzards. James 1st actually ordered the destruction of buzzards. Buzzards despite this were common in the UK up to the beginning of the 19th century. After that it began to die out - partly through persecution - the population of these birds then began to rise up to the 1950's , when the onset of meximitosis had a detrimental effect - as it killed their main food source "rabbits". The adaptable buzzards then starting eating other foods - such as voles, young birds and reptiles and has now recovered Buzzards are quite a common sight here in The Western Isles. |
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