tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post315244284346479537..comments2024-03-27T19:59:10.159+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-78280712875938352802014-03-07T15:30:57.666+00:002014-03-07T15:30:57.666+00:00I was thinking a male without much of a supercilli...I was thinking a male without much of a supercillium, such as the one pictured here (http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/homesforwildlife/f/905/t/106751.aspx) which shows similar wing/tail proportions. You can see the yellow eyes in the video, which rules out a falcon.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-56509419772539331162014-03-06T16:34:19.083+00:002014-03-06T16:34:19.083+00:00No trace of white superciliar stripe in the rather...No trace of white superciliar stripe in the rather blurred pictures. The bird sanctuary described it as a 'Kestrel', about the one common bird of prey it couldn't possibly be.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-17241342102354557082014-03-06T15:04:39.753+00:002014-03-06T15:04:39.753+00:00Yellow eyes and long tail compared to the projecti...Yellow eyes and long tail compared to the projection of the wings - definitely a sparrowhawk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-54709550171575704642014-02-06T21:58:59.220+00:002014-02-06T21:58:59.220+00:00Well done Jabir for saving the bird of prey; bit a...Well done Jabir for saving the bird of prey; bit alarming that they didn't know what that was at the vets'...Ulrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022985141813875238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-358157069246173452014-02-06T18:44:45.813+00:002014-02-06T18:44:45.813+00:00Thanks -- I got absolutely saturated, but it was w...Thanks -- I got absolutely saturated, but it was worth it.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-29826891965213918082014-02-06T18:35:32.589+00:002014-02-06T18:35:32.589+00:00A reassuring story about the rescue of the falcon ...A reassuring story about the rescue of the falcon and lovely study of the pair of Pochards. Hope you did not get too wet.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com