Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Buzzard with Mistle Thrush

While I was topping my field in Aberaeron last night, 8th, I had corvids, buzzards, magpies and kites sniffing round as usual, but a commotion from the Mistle Thrushes with a nest on the river bank alerted me to the fact that one of the Buzzards was flying off with a young Mistle Thrush in its talons. The brood had fledged at the weekend but were still hanging about with the adults in attendance. Not unusual - but interesting to witness.

Ian Harrison