Birds – Somerset Wildlife Photography

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BIRDS OF PREY

Common Buzzard - Red Kite - Osprey - Marsh Harrier - Kestrel - Sparrowhawk - Peregrine Falcon - Hobby - Merlin

: NAME: Buzzard – Buteo buteo / WING SPAN: 113-128cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year – Common / DIET: Buzzards eat small mammals, birds and carrion. Even earthworms and large insects when other prey is in short supply /

: NAME: Buzzard – Buteo buteo / WING SPAN: 113-128cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year – Common / DIET: Buzzards eat small mammals, birds and carrion. Even earthworms and large insects when other prey is in short supply /

: NAME: Buzzard – Buteo buteo / WING SPAN: 113-128cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year – Common / DIET: Buzzards eat small mammals, birds and carrion. Even earthworms and large insects when other prey is in short supply /

: NAME: Buzzard – Buteo buteo / WING SPAN: 113-128cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year – Common / DIET: Buzzards eat small mammals, birds and carrion. Even earthworms and large insects when other prey is in short supply /

: NAME: Buzzard – Buteo buteo / WING SPAN: 113-128cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year – Common / DIET: Buzzards eat small mammals, birds and carrion. Even earthworms and large insects when other prey is in short supply /

: NAME: Buzzard – Buteo buteo / WING SPAN: 113-128cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year – Common / DIET: Buzzards eat small mammals, birds and carrion. Even earthworms and large insects when other prey is in short supply /

: NAME: Buzzard – Buteo buteo / WING SPAN: 113-128cm / SOMERSET STATUS: All year – Common / DIET: Buzzards eat small mammals, birds and carrion. Even earthworms and large insects when other prey is in short supply /

: NAME: Red Kite – Milvus milvus / WING SPAN: 175-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird but expanding its range so anticipated to be nesting here soon – All year / DIET: Mainly carrion and worms, but opportunistic and will occasionally take small mammals /

: NAME: Red Kite – Milvus milvus / WING SPAN: 175-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird but expanding its range so anticipated to be nesting here soon – All year / DIET: Mainly carrion and worms, but opportunistic and will occasionally take small mammals /

: NAME: Red Kite – Milvus milvus / WING SPAN: 175-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird but expanding its range so anticipated to be nesting here soon – All year / DIET: Mainly carrion and worms, but opportunistic and will occasionally take small mammals /

: NAME: Red Kite – Milvus milvus / WING SPAN: 175-195cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird but expanding its range so anticipated to be nesting here soon – All year / DIET: Mainly carrion and worms, but opportunistic and will occasionally take small mammals /

: NAME: Osprey – Pandion haliaetus / WING SPAN: 145-170cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird that often stops off at the large reservoirs from their migration / DIET: Fish /

: NAME: Osprey – Pandion haliaetus / WING SPAN: 145-170cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird that often stops off at the large reservoirs from their migration / DIET: Fish /

: NAME: Osprey – Pandion haliaetus / WING SPAN: 145-170cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird that often stops off at the large reservoirs from their migration / DIET: Fish /

: NAME: Osprey – Pandion haliaetus / WING SPAN: 145-170cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Passage bird that often stops off at the large reservoirs from their migration / DIET: Fish /

: NAME: Marsh Harrier – Circus aeruginosus / WING SPAN: 115-130cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Locally common on Somerset levels, Scarce elsewhere – All Year/ DIET: Small birds and mammals /

: NAME: Marsh Harrier – Circus aeruginosus / WING SPAN: 115-130cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Locally common on Somerset levels, Scarce elsewhere – All Year/ DIET: Small birds and mammals /

: NAME: Marsh Harrier – Circus aeruginosus / WING SPAN: 115-130cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Locally common on Somerset levels, Scarce elsewhere – All Year/ DIET: Small birds and mammals /

: NAME: Marsh Harrier – Circus aeruginosus / WING SPAN: 115-130cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Locally common on Somerset levels, Scarce elsewhere – All Year/ DIET: Small birds and mammals /

: NAME: Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus / WING SPAN: 71-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All Year / DIET: Small mammals and birds, worms and insects /

: NAME: Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus / WING SPAN: 71-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All Year / DIET: Small mammals and birds, worms and insects /

: NAME: Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus / WING SPAN: 71-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All Year / DIET: Small mammals and birds, worms and insects /

: NAME: Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus / WING SPAN: 71-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All Year / DIET: Small mammals and birds, worms and insects /

: NAME: Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus / WING SPAN: 71-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All Year / DIET: Small mammals and birds, worms and insects /

: NAME: Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus / WING SPAN: 71-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All Year / DIET: Small mammals and birds, worms and insects /

: NAME: Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus / WING SPAN: 71-80cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common – All Year / DIET: Small mammals and birds, worms and insects /

: NAME: Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus / WING SPAN: 55-70cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – swooping through gardens and woodland / DIET: Mainly small birds, but 120 different species have been recorded. Males can catch birds up to thrush size, but females, being bigger, can catch birds up to pigeon size. Some sparrowhawks catch bats /

: NAME: Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus / WING SPAN: 55-70cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – swooping through gardens and woodland / DIET: Mainly small birds, but 120 different species have been recorded. Males can catch birds up to thrush size, but females, being bigger, can catch birds up to pigeon size. Some sparrowhawks catch bats /

: NAME: Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus / WING SPAN: 55-70cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – swooping through gardens and woodland / DIET: Mainly small birds, but 120 different species have been recorded. Males can catch birds up to thrush size, but females, being bigger, can catch birds up to pigeon size. Some sparrowhawks catch bats /

: NAME: Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus / WING SPAN: 55-70cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – swooping through gardens and woodland / DIET: Mainly small birds, but 120 different species have been recorded. Males can catch birds up to thrush size, but females, being bigger, can catch birds up to pigeon size. Some sparrowhawks catch bats /

: NAME: Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus / WING SPAN: 55-70cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – swooping through gardens and woodland / DIET: Mainly small birds, but 120 different species have been recorded. Males can catch birds up to thrush size, but females, being bigger, can catch birds up to pigeon size. Some sparrowhawks catch bats /

: NAME: Sparrowhawk – Accipiter nisus / WING SPAN: 55-70cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – swooping through gardens and woodland / DIET: Mainly small birds, but 120 different species have been recorded. Males can catch birds up to thrush size, but females, being bigger, can catch birds up to pigeon size. Some sparrowhawks catch bats /

: NAME: Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus / WING SPAN: 95-115cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Surprisingly common all year in Somerset, especially around coastal cliffs and inland quarries and gorges / DIET: Any medium sized bids including small ducks /

: NAME: Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus / WING SPAN: 95-115cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Surprisingly common all year in Somerset, especially around coastal cliffs and inland quarries and gorges / DIET: Any medium sized bids including small ducks /

: NAME: Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus / WING SPAN: 95-115cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Surprisingly common all year in Somerset, especially around coastal cliffs and inland quarries and gorges / DIET: Any medium sized bids including small ducks /

: NAME: Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus / WING SPAN: 95-115cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Surprisingly common all year in Somerset, especially around coastal cliffs and inland quarries and gorges / DIET: Any medium sized bids including small ducks /

: NAME: Hobby – Falco Subbuteo / WING SPAN: 70-92cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Summer – lowland wetlands / DIET: Insects and small birds but in particular, dragonflies /

: NAME: Hobby – Falco Subbuteo / WING SPAN: 70-92cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Summer – lowland wetlands / DIET: Insects and small birds but in particular, dragonflies /

: NAME: Hobby – Falco Subbuteo / WING SPAN: 70-92cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Summer – lowland wetlands / DIET: Insects and small birds but in particular, dragonflies /

: NAME: Hobby – Falco Subbuteo / WING SPAN: 70-92cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Summer – lowland wetlands / DIET: Insects and small birds but in particular, dragonflies /

: NAME: Merlin – Falco columbarius / WING SPAN: 50-62cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Winter visitor to lowland and wetland areas / DIET: mainly small birds caught on the wing /

OWLS

Barn Owl - Little owl - Short-eared Owl - Tawny Owl

: NAME: Barn Owl – Tyto alba / WING SPAN: 80-95cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – Especially doing well in North Somerset thanks to much very good conservation / DIET: Mice, voles, shrews and some larger mammals and small birds /

: NAME: Barn Owl – Tyto alba / WING SPAN: 80-95cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – Especially doing well in North Somerset thanks to much very good conservation / DIET: Mice, voles, shrews and some larger mammals and small birds /

: NAME: Barn Owl – Tyto alba / WING SPAN: 80-95cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – Especially doing well in North Somerset thanks to much very good conservation / DIET: Mice, voles, shrews and some larger mammals and small birds /

: NAME: Barn Owl – Tyto alba / WING SPAN: 80-95cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common -All Year – Especially doing well in North Somerset thanks to much very good conservation / DIET: Mice, voles, shrews and some larger mammals and small birds /

: NAME: Little Owl – Little Owl – Athene noctua / WING SPAN: 54-58cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Seen anytime of year – numbers steady / DIET: Small mammals and birds, beetles and worms /

: NAME: Little Owl – Little Owl – Athene noctua / WING SPAN: 54-58cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Seen anytime of year – numbers steady / DIET: Small mammals and birds, beetles and worms /

: NAME: Little Owl – Little Owl – Athene noctua / WING SPAN: 54-58cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Seen anytime of year – numbers steady / DIET: Small mammals and birds, beetles and worms /

: NAME: Little Owl – Little Owl – Athene noctua / WING SPAN: 54-58cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Seen anytime of year – numbers steady / DIET: Small mammals and birds, beetles and worms /

: NAME: Sort-eared Owl – Asio flammeus / WING SPAN: 90-105cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Mainly winter visitors, especially around coastal mud plains and pasture / DIET: Small mammals especially Voles /

: NAME: Sort-eared Owl – Asio flammeus / WING SPAN: 90-105cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Mainly winter visitors, especially around coastal mud plains and pasture / DIET: Small mammals especially Voles /

: NAME: Sort-eared Owl – Asio flammeus / WING SPAN: 90-105cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Mainly winter visitors, especially around coastal mud plains and pasture / DIET: Small mammals especially Voles /

: NAME: Sort-eared Owl – Asio flammeus / WING SPAN: 90-105cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Mainly winter visitors, especially around coastal mud plains and pasture / DIET: Small mammals especially Voles /

: NAME: Sort-eared Owl – Asio flammeus / WING SPAN: 90-105cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Mainly winter visitors, especially around coastal mud plains and pasture / DIET: Small mammals especially Voles /

: NAME: Sort-eared Owl – Asio flammeus / WING SPAN: 90-105cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Mainly winter visitors, especially around coastal mud plains and pasture / DIET: Small mammals especially Voles /

: NAME: Tawny Owl – Strix aluco / WING SPAN: 94-104cm / SOMERSET STATUS: Common at anytime of the year, often heard at night calling / DIET: Small mammals and rodents, small birds, frogs, fish, insects and worms even snakes /