according to the rspb buzzards are the commonest bird of prey in england now but i still see more ekstrels where i live in - rossendale.
Jake Caveney said
Mon Apr 23 9:54 PM, 2007
i used to see around three or four hunting in a local field every day (field next to relatives) last year around september to january, but know not a kestrel in sight?
jake
Tony Coatsworth said
Mon Apr 23 9:19 AM, 2007
Went down to Watford / Man City on Saturday 1 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawks, 6 Buzzards and 10 Red Kites along the various motorways M6/M42/M40/M25
Even 5 years ago it would have been the other way round. Along the M56 I rarely see a Kestrel at all these days - whereas there is a Buzzard every few miles. What is going on - have farmers successfully erradicated all the rodents in Britain or are they doing something odd to the motorway verges like a new sort of weedkiller or something ?
1 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawks, 6 Buzzards and 10 Red Kites along the various motorways M6/M42/M40/M25
Even 5 years ago it would have been the other way round. Along the M56 I rarely see a Kestrel at all these days - whereas there is a Buzzard every few miles. What is going on - have farmers successfully erradicated all the rodents in Britain or are they doing something odd to the motorway verges like a new sort of weedkiller or something ?