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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 Churn, Oxon 01.01.09
Kestrel * Farmoor, Oxon 17.9.05
Sparrowhawk ** Home 27.4.10
Sparrowhawk ** Home 26.4.08
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
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
Red-legged Partridge Downs, Oxon 31.12.08
Pheasant * Kingston Lisle, Oxon 12.4.08
Pheasant * Kingston Lisle, Oxon 10.6.06
Capercaillie Loch Garten, Speyside May 06
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 * 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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