Worcestershire Record No. 27 November 2009 p. 34

BUZZARD CAPTURES MAGPIE

Brian Druce wrote:

Saturday 4th July 2009

Near Little Comberton a large bird of prey – Buzzard - was making hard work of a climbing flight holding in its claws a magpie. About two seconds to observe this as I was driving in the opposite direction.

Comment in reply: I have heard of buzzards attacking magpies before - there are quite a lot of juveniles (shorter tails) about at the moment and they are less skilled at getting away!

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