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05/05/2008, 16:22 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,688 Birds of prey Can someone direct me to an English language website about birds of prey in South West France?  I spot them all the time flying over the marshes near the coast here and I do not know what they are.  They are always hunting on their own but over the course of a regular 5-mile route that I take, I might spot, say, three birds of prey circling.  Are they likely to be buzzards?  Are there any eagles or hawks here?  Are there any distinctive features that help you identify them?   Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

05/05/2008, 17:06 Tandem_Pilot Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 261 Re: Birds of prey This may (or may not - its useful if you know the name) help and it is in English as well as French http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/france.html Regards Alex Milton Keynes and the Haute Vienne    Report

05/05/2008, 17:33 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,688 Re: Birds of prey Thanks Tandem.  Looks good.  I'll investigate the site further.   Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

05/05/2008, 18:48 chris pp Joined on 30/08/2005 Vienne '86' Posts 1,689 Re: Birds of prey A few of the larger ones. Marsh Harrier. http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/busard.des.roseaux.html Hen harrier. http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/busard.saint-martin.html Short tailed eagle. http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/circaete.jean-le-blanc.html Common buzzard. http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/buse.variable.html Montague's harrier. http://www.oiseaux.net/oiseaux/busard.cendre.html Chris   http://www.planetepassion.com Association Planete Passion - French Wildlife in the English Language    Report

05/05/2008, 20:45 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,688 Re: Birds of prey Thanks Chris.  I'm printing the pages out and am going to get my binoculars out.  I'm amazed that they live so long - 25 years in the case of the Common Buzzard.  No wonder there are so many of them! Looking on the site, robins live for 15 years, which amazes me. I assumed that birds didn't live that long.   Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

05/05/2008, 20:53 Cathy Joined on 07/03/2006 Mostly near Bordeaux; Sometimes near Bristol Posts 1,688 Re: Birds of prey Just had to tell you.  I was looking at the print-out about the Common Buzzard and saw that it had white underpants.  "White underpants", I said to myself?  "How weird. What on earth are underpants on a bird?" And then  I read again - white underparts!    (Eyesight test looming, methinks....)   Cathy ----- Your children won't remember you ironing their pyjamas but they will remember you reading them a bedside story.    Report

06/05/2008, 6:04 Limousin Lass Joined on 23/01/2007 87 Near Chalus Posts 111 Re: Birds of prey Oh Cathy that did make me laugh it's the sort of thing I do all the time.    Report

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