Overview

Family - Hawks, vultures and eagles (Accipitridae).

The commonest UK bird of prey, it is quite large with broad, rounded wings, and a short neck and tail. When gliding and soaring it will often hold its wings in a shallow 'V'. It is variable in colour from all dark brown to birds with pale heads and breasts, all have dark wingtips and an unbanded tail.

Comment

Several of these pictures are of a beautiful buzzard kept in the Barn Owl Centre in Gloucestershire fairly close to Slimbridge.