Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Dates: 24 August 2012.
[Torgos tracheliotos, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lappet-faced vulture]
[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]
The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)
Place: Roadside between Goldcliff Lagoons and RSPB Newport
Date: 2 February 2019.
[Accipiter nisus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian sparrowhawk]
The sound of the sparrowhawk (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stuart Fisher)
Distribution and sightings of the sparrowhawk across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Road between Pitões das Junias and Covelães, northern Portugal
Date: 29 August 2018.
[Gyps fulvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Griffon vulture]
The sound of the griffon vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)
Place: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Date: 28 October 2017.
This set of pictures are the exception to the rule that all of the images on my blog are mine. In this case, the original pictures were taken by Stephen Roberts, and I took the liberty of photographing some of the slides for his presentation “The Honey Buzzard – Wales’ secret raptor” as part of the “Unknown Wales 2017” conference at the National Museum of Wales. My main reason for this is that my chances of ever seeing, let alone photographing, a live honey buzzard are so close to nil as to be virtually non-existent. Plus, looking for their nest is not something that should be encouraged or even attempted unless you’re fully licensed to do so.
[Pernis apivorus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European honey buzzard]
The sound of the honey buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Simon Elliott)
Distribution of the honey buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: Peneda-Gerês National Park between Mezio and Adrão, northern Portugal
Date: 28 August 2018.
[Circaetus gallicus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Short-toed snake eagle]
The sound of the short-toed eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Paulo Belo)
Place: El Escorial, north of Madrid, Spain
Date: 16 August 2013.
[Hieraaetus pennatus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Booted eagle]
The sound of the booted eagle (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)
Place: River Taff near M4, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 16 February 2018.
Place: Tongwynlais Football Club Playing Fields, Cardiff
Date: 5 March 2018.
[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]
The sound of the buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)
Distribution and sightings of the common buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: La Canonica, Corsica, France
Date: 23 May 2017.
Place: Saint Florent, Corsica, France
Date: 26 May 2017.
Place: Murato, Corsica, France
Date: 26 May 2017.
Place: Calacuccia, Corsica, France
Date: 30 May 2017.
Place: Corte, Corsica, France
Date: 30 May 2017.
Place: Aleria Roman Site, Corsica, France
Date: 31 May 2017.
Place: Sartène, Corsica, France
Date: 4 June 2017.
[Milvus milvus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red kite]
The sound of the red kite (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jens Kirkeby)
Distribution and sightings of the red kite across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Place: National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 25 July 2016.
[Gyps africanus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: White-backed vulture]
The sound of the white-backed vulture (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Derek Solomon)
Place: Swale National Nature Reserve near Shellness, Isle of Sheppey
Dates: 4 May 2015.
Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.
[Circus aeruginosus, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western marsh harrier]
The sound of the marsh harrier (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)
Distribution and sightings of the marsh harrier across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 