monkey69 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 i know its a bit out of Sheffield but today i was cycling through the Wentworth estate, near Barnsley and i saw a huge bird of prey. now i am no expert but it had a wing span of at least four foot and when it landed briefly in the branches of a big tree, it looked like a eagle. it cant have been can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Could have been a buzzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mym8scallmeh Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Maybe a Redkite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69 Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Could have been a buzzard. had a quick google search on images and the bird i saw was much bigger than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey69 Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 it did look a lot like that, but i cant see it was one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mym8scallmeh Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Be amazing if it was a Golden eagle, I would love to see one in the wild, your so lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Haven't there been sporadic reports of "large-eagles-that-shouldn't-be-there" in/around Rotherham lately? (Wentworth is only a stone's throw away, closer to R'ham than Barnsley) 'Was a thread and/or media report (Star?) the other day about a R'ham couple out on a walk, whose small dog was repeatedly attacked/harried by a very large bird of prey, and they had a hard time fighting the bird of prey off the dog? Edited February 3, 2012 by L00b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3659 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Could have been a nun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurian Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 it did look a lot like that, but i cant see it was one.. So you saw a golden eagle in the wild whilst cycling in Wentworth. Did you call at the George and Dragon and Rockingham for lunch maybe on this trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy266 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Could it have been a heron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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