Osprey at Hurworth Burn

[Renton Charman]

Was seen for a short while at 1530hr today. It was harrassed by gulls and others so only stayed for about 5 minutes to catch a fish and then fly off west.

[Sylvia and Mick]

Osprey was also present at 1100hrs - being harried by what I believe was a Hobby? - comments on identification welcome.

[Dan hymer]

It would appear to be a hobby, I think the dark markings under eye should confirm it.
Regards Dan

[Jamie]

Hi,

looks possibly a little big for Hobby to me compared with the Osprey and possibly a little heavily built but I have very few books to compare it to. I guess you dont have any photos of the underside...

Regards,
Jamie

[Sylvia and Mick]

Hi Jamie - my initial reaction when I saw the bird was that it was on the large side and hence my doubt about it being a Hobby. I have some very poor underside shots (at distance), I will post these tonight when I get home from work.

(There is a poor underside shot on my blog site - www.laplandmull.blogspot.com - if you want to have a look)

Regards
Mick

[Chris Bell]

Hello chaps,

The bird in question is a juvenile Peregrine, though I believe there has been a Hobby at Hurworth Burn recently.

Cheers

CHRIS BELL
DARLO

[Sylvia and Mick]

A shot from the underside which I have managed to clean up.

[Jamie]

Hi,

as Chris says it is a Perergrine,

Regards,
Jamie

[Dan hymer]

I think I need to give myself a shake

[Ratbiter]

Here's my shots of the Osprey, taken on Tuesday at about 13:30 on 25/08/09 with a Sony 300a using a sigma 70-300mm lens