22-02-2014 4:48 PM
now, my friend says she's just spotted a bird in her garden she's never seen before. She says it's like a red footed falcon, but it had an orrange red bib.
Anyone know what type it is please? she said it had a beak like a bird of prey, so the falcon was the first thing she thought of...but the red throated bit is a puzzler.
anyone know what it is please?
22-02-2014 4:51 PM
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22-02-2014 5:46 PM
i have often used this
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier/
sometimes the bird is a juvenile but thats more likely in the summer/autumn months
22-02-2014 8:04 PM
We get a variety of birds where I live. We've had a grouse, a sparrowhawk a couple of times and two red legged partridges. We've even had a couple of ducks waddling up the drive.
23-02-2014 11:10 AM
Ohhhhhhh sounds interesting,,,even though im in town we get lots of varieties of birds. I even saw a Woodpecker one morning pecking away at wood of a tree stump on the ground. I had to look twice as you dont see many of them.
23-02-2014 12:40 PM
23-02-2014 12:46 PM
Have you looked at all the images on the red necked falcon. Some of those have more red on their throats than others.
23-02-2014 4:50 PM
Could it possibly just be a sparrowhawk - they can have orangey red chests
24-02-2014 5:06 PM
It sounds like a male sparrow hawk to me as they have grey backs and reddish brown chests, but I'm no expert.
25-02-2014 9:49 PM
26-02-2014 12:58 PM
It has a Sparrowhawk like head i think!!!.
26-02-2014 9:28 PM