Passerines | Raptors & Owls | Seabirds | Waders & Waterfowl | Misc
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White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) - NFM 21 Sep 2022. We saw a juvenile male and female in Poole Harbour -
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) - NFM 2023 Cala'n Porter, Menorca Record shot from Cala de Llucalari -
Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) - 1 Jan 2023 NFM Warham marsh, east of Wells-next-the-Sea RECORD SHOT ONLY -
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - 24 May 2021, Church Lane, Cottenham -
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - Cambridge Research Park 7 Jan 2021 -
Female Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Female Little Owl (Athene noctua) - Priory Farm, Burwell Fen 2 Jan 2021 -
Male Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Male Little Owl (Athene noctua) - Priory Farm, Burwell Fen 2 Jan 2021 -
Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - 19 Aug 2020, Rutland Water. Adult feeding fish to juvenile, the nesting pair raised three chicks in the summer of 2020 -
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Owl (Athene noctua) - Sighted 14 Aug 2020 then snapped on the 15th Cottenham -
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo) - 4 Aug 2020, Twentypence Road lake. One of two, came in very close hunting dragonflies and possibly with an eye on the Housemartins overhead. -
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus)
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus) - NFM, vagrant, occasionally seen in East Anglia but usual area is Eastern Europe and Asia. RSPB Fen Drayton 13 Jun 2020 -
Male Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus)
Male Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus) over Rampton Pocket Park 25 Apr 2020 -
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - 18 Jan 2020 NT Burwell Fen about an hour before sunset, as previously -
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) - 28 Sep 2019 along the goat track; we had seen them before -
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) - 25 Sep 2019, Kythira, Greece -
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) - 25 Sep 2019, Kythira, Greece, one of several seen often near Common or Honey Buzzards in conflict. -
Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosa)
Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosa) - 25 Sep 2019, one of several on migration south. -
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) - Spotted over local farmland beyond Cuckoo Lane, heard its call, wasn't sure what it was, confirmed on Bird ID Facebook. 30 Apr 2019 -
Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus) - Showing well over NWT Weeting Heath 28 Mar 2019 -
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - Over Burwell Fen, one of three we saw sunset 23 Feb 2019. First new bird species photographed for a while, and certainly first new raptor/owl for months. -
Pale Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Pale Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo). In a paddock adjacent to the Swaffham Road out of Upware on the way to Burwell Fen, Cambs. 14 Feb 2019. Don't think I've seen one quite so close up that look quite so pale. No dark belly, so not a Rough-legged Buzzard. We had hoped it was, but obviously isn't once you see the photos on a big screen. -
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) - Over Rampton spinney fields 31 Jan 2019 was hoping it was a Goshawk, but apparently wrong underwing pattern. Large female Sparrowhasks can be as large as smale male Goshawk. -
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) - RSPB Ouse Fen 9 Jan 2019, came in closer than any of the 5-6 Marsh Harriers around on the same visit. -
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Female or juvenile referred to as "ring-tailed" because of ambiguous plumage. RSPB Titchwell 1 Jan 2019 -
Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus) was showing over RSPB Titchwell, we missed it. Got to Holme-by-the-Sea only to be told it had been there, perched just a few hundred metres from the track but had flown. This is presumably the bird, top left. Bottom right, is a Common Buzz. Closest we got, probably two to three km away. 22 Oct 2018 -
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) - One of two roosting, late afternoon 18 Nov 2018, RSPB Saltholme. Warden point out one of them, Tricia spotted a second. -
Female Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus)
Female Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus) - RSPB Ouse Fen, 13 Nov 2018 -
Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Rutland Water, 24 April 2018 -
Female Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Female Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) - Tagged, flying over RSPB Ouse Fen (9th May 2018), last seen by observers in January in Spain -
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) - Cottenham 21 July 2018 -
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo) - Stooping on a dragonfly over RSPB Ouse Fen (9th May 2018) -
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - Rampton farmland, 25th March 2018 -
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - Perched but hunting - RSPB Lakenheath Fen, 24th February 2018 -
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Mating pair of Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) - taking place about 35 metres up a corner spire of Emanuel United Reform Church, Cambridge, 23rd February 2018 -
Female Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Female Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) - 35m up the spire at Emanuel URC, Cambridge, 23rd February 2018 -
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - NT Hatfield Forest, 16th February 2018 -
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Young female Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) - Rampton Spinney, 22nd January 2018 -
Female Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Female Merlin (Falco columbarius) - RSPB Titchwell, 19th January 2018 -
Female marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Female marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) - Over the RSPB Ouse Washes near Manea, 28/10/17 -
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) - Garden shed, Cottenham, 3/9/17 #ThroughGlass -
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo) - One of an adult pair attending three chicks in abandoned rooks' nest at RSPB The Lodge, near Potton, Beds, 29/7/17 -
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo) - Hobby that was seconds earlier chasing a swift on the wing, but didn't catch it over the marshes at RSPB Titchwell. Camera focus wasn't quick enough to catch the chase. 21/7/17 -
Red kite (Milvus milvus)
Red kite (Milvus milvus) - RSPB Ouse Fen near Needingworth, 6/7/17 -
Buzzard, juvenile (Buteo buteo)
Buzzard, juvenile (Buteo buteo) - Young buzzard being chased out of female kestrel territory over farmland south of Rampton, S Cambs, 16/6/17 -
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Barn owl (Tyto alba) - Photograph replaces old shot from 15th September 2006, with one from Rampton 23rd May 2017 -
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) Rampton, Cambridgeshire -
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo) - photographed several at RSPB Minsmere, fast moving, difficult against a bright sky. I've seen these birds take swifts out of the there on at least two occasions, they fly out of the setting sun while the swifts are doing their dusk dance and simply grab hold of one in mid-flight, turn tail and head back to their nest. -
Red kite (Milvus milvus)
Red kite (Milvus milvus) Brecon Beacons, Powys, Mid-Wales, 22/4/17 -
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) in flight -
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) and avian prey, garden, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire -
Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) NT Wicken Fen, Cambs -
Female marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Female marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), NT Wicken Fen, 8/4/17 -
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Rampton, Cambridgeshire -
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common buzzard (Buteo buteo), over Rampton -
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Rampton, Cambs
All photos by David Bradley, Copyright 1989-present