Bird of prey ? (or not)

[monkey69 10]

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?

[Cyclone 10]

Could have been a buzzard.

[mym8scallmeh 10]

Maybe a Redkite?

[monkey69 10]

Could have been a buzzard.

 

had a quick google search on images and the bird i saw was much bigger than that

[monkey69 10]

it did look a lot like that, but i cant see it was one..

[mym8scallmeh 10]

Be amazing if it was a Golden eagle, I would love to see one in the wild, your so lucky

[L00b 441]

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

[alex3659 11]

Could have been a nun.

[Mercurian 10]

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?

[smithy266 21]

Could it have been a heron?

[L00b 441]

Found it - Golden eagle tries to snatch pet dog in field (Rotherham, 12 Jan 2012)

 

So you saw a golden eagle in the wild <blah blah blah>

Ooops Edited February 3, 2012 by L00b

[tog3 10]

had a quick google search on images and the bird i saw was much bigger than that

 

Good stuff. Check out kite, if bigger check out eagle owl, there are some knocking about, mostly N. Yorks from continent, they sometimes take lambs.