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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/09/20 | Goshawk | Pope's Meadow, Binfield | 1 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
05:55 | I was going to call this large, powerful accipiter (indicative flap flap flap glide) "unidentified" as I watched it for a while, thought that MUST be a goshawk but HAS to be a large, silvery female sparrowhawk doesn't it.... but tbh it screamed goshawk to me this morning on an early walk. Size of a buzzard. Typical accipiter flight but more "powerful in nature" than that of a sparrowhawk. Noticeable white tail undercoverts (as in both hawks) but very noticeably silvery in colour. Couldn't see the head to see eyebrow or eye colour and sun wasn't quite up anyway even though it was light. Heading south, low ish. Was it a goshawk? Yes, possibly. Either that or the largest, most physically impressive, silvery female sparrowhawk I've ever seen with a shorter tail than I'd expect for a sparrowhawk. But still... a question mark over this one. | |||
| 05/09/20 | Goshawk | Crookham Common | 1 | P E Hutchins |
| 18:02 | Low west, scattering wagtails and pipits. Totally unexpected and a beast of a bird! Please keep to the main paths. | |||
| 01/01/20 | Goshawk | Langley, Slough | 1 | B D Clews |
17:03 | Notification for East Berks birders - a male Goshawk has escaped in the area over Christmas. The bird has jesses. Sightings might aid the owner in recovering the bird. | |||