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Species Index for UK bird pics: Raptors to Crakes
(including Oxfordshire)


Raptors
Merlin Churn, Oxon 20.12.08
Merlin Otmoor, Oxon 6.11.04
Hobby Oxon 22.08.09
Hobby Oxon 15.08.09
Hobby Farmoor, Oxon 26.4.08
Kestrel * Otmoor, Oxon 03.12.11
Kestrel ** Berkshire Downs, Oxon 8.8.10
Kestrel Churn, Oxon 01.01.09
Kestrel * Farmoor, Oxon 17.9.05
Sparrowhawk ** Home 27.4.10
Sparrowhawk ** Home 26.4.08
PALLID HARRIER Black Down, Mendips, Somerset 01.10.11
Hen Harrier (ringtail) Oxon 08.01.12
Hen Harrier (ringtail) Otmoor, Oxon 03.12.11
Hen Harrier (male) Otmoor, Oxon 02.01.10
Hen Harrier (ringtail) Otmoor, Oxon 03.01.09
Red Kite ** Watlington, Oxon 13.04.09

Red Kite *

Near Goring, Oxon 02.2.08
Rough-legged Buzzard Holkam Pines, Norfolk 27.11.11
Buzzard & Crow * Port Meadow, Oxon 16.10.10
Buzzard ** Shellingford Pit, Oxon 6.8.11
Buzzard * Steventon, Oxon 6.2.10
Buzzard ** Downs, Oxon 07.11.09
Buzzard * Shellingford Pit, Oxon 07.02.09
Buzzard (in flight) * Kingston Lisle, Oxon 15.7.06
Osprey (in flight) Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire 4.5.07
Osprey Speyside, Scotland May 06

Grouse, Pheasants & Partridges
Grey Partridge * Churn, Oxon 28.11.10
Red-legged Partridge * Downs, Oxon 31.12.08
Pheasant * Pinkhill, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon 29.1.11
Pheasant * Kingston Lisle, Oxon 12.4.08
Pheasant * Kingston Lisle, Oxon 10.6.06
Capercaillie Loch Garten, Speyside May 06
Black Grouse North Yorkshire 02.9.11
Red Grouse ** Grinton Moor, North Yorkshire 30.8.11
Red Grouse ** Lochindorb, Scotland 5.6.10
Red Grouse Timble, Yorkshire 3.4.10
Red Grouse * Forest of Bowland, Lancs 3.9.09

Crakes

Little Crake (!)

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 24.9.05
Water Rail ** Titchfield Haven, Hants 25.9.10
Water Rail * Shrike Meadow, Farmoor, Oxon 05.01.08
Water Rail Otmoor, Oxon 11.2.06
Coot * Farmoor, Oxon 17.4.10
Coot ** Shellingford Pit, Oxon 14.4.07
Moorhen ** Shellingford Pit, Oxon 14.4.07

Key to numbers of stars:
The quality of the pics listed above clearly varies, and you will see that it has generally improved with time! As a rough guide, the starred pictures are better than average, as follows:
* - 'reasonable' pic - either some of my best digiscope, or a reasonably good DSLR
** - 'best' pics - two stars indicates what I think are my current best pictures (nearly all DSLR)

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