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petectid


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Yesterday on the whats around map on Birdforum I noticed a orange square over Rossendale, it stated that a Rough Legged Buzzard had beeen seen by a user known as Den9112.

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=213724

Today he has a thread confirming his identification of the bird and photos on Flickr.  All I can say is Den9112 was a very lucky man, as he couldn't have had a better view.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisgreenwood/6237396640/in/photostream/



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Hi, i spotted the bird around 10.30 am yesterday ,it was wet and misty and all i had to hand was a 18-55mm , my 100-400mm was in for repair  it was in the land just past the shore service station garage in shawforth ,OL12 8JB i knew it was something different when i so literally hundreds of crows and magpies surround it ,it was quite a sight ,the bird was wet through and seemed to be strugling to take off it did eventually move up the field in to a gully ....Before i went home for my camera i was in the field about 30ft away from it and it just stared at me ,i first i thought it was a tame bird at first , i must admit it was a joy to see and that eye contact was amazing
rlb edit 1 by den9112, on Flickr



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I saw this thread on birdforum last night but thought this bird would be somewhere in Bowland or Northern Lancashire. Great photo! I have yet to see one of these.

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I've just had a look through the published records on the Wiki and there does not appear to have been a record of this species since 2006?



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It might be good to send your photo to autumnwatch on bb2 - they have a flickr group too.

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Done that ,thanks

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Well done Den9112 the type of sighting I dream of but never happens. As these are mainly Northern European birds can anyone explain how this fine bird turned up in Shawforth, obviously on a Southern migration but I never realised they came this far, amazing.

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