Buzzard (Common Buzzard or Eurasian Buzzard) Buteo buteo

Twenty years ago Buzzards in the UK were only common in the north and west of the country and you would very rarely see one in Norfolk. Now they're a common bird across most of North Norfolk and beyond. Several captive birds were released in the 1990s so how much this is down to natural range expansion is anyone's guess.

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Buzzard, near Sennen (Cornwall, UK), 18th October 2010

 

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Buzzard, St Just (Cornwall, UK), 3rd October 2005

 

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Buzzard, Porthgwarra (Cornwall, UK), 16th October 2010

 

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Buzzard, Harris (Outer Hebrides, UK), 17th May 2004

 

Buzzard, near Pendeen (Cornwall, UK), 2nd October 2011

 

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Buzzard, between Porthgwarra and St Levan (Cornwall, UK), 4th October 2011

 

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Buzzard, Drift, Cornwall, UK), 2nd October 2011

 

Buzzard, Porthgwarra (Cornwall, UK), 22nd October 2010

 

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Buzzard, Choseley (Norfolk, UK), 11th April 2012

 

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Buzzard, La Grande Brière (Loire Atlantique, France), 26th June 2009

 

Buzzard, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 6th February 2010

 

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Buzzards, Choseley (Norfolk, UK), 26th January 2012

 

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Buzzard, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 24th March 2012

 

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Buzzards, near Amner (Norfolk, UK), 2nd March 2012

 

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Buzzard (with Ravens), Porthgwarra (Cornwall, UK), 22nd October 2010

 

 

Buzzards, south of Brancaster (Norfolk, UK), 30th October 2007

 

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Buzzard with Woodpigeon, near Stanhoe (Norfolk, UK), 17th December 2007

 

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Buzzard, Bylaugh (Norfolk, UK), 19th February 2012

 

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Buzzard, Scourie (Highland, UK), 26th February 2012

 

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Buzzard, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 20th February 2010

 

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Buzzard, Burnham Norton (Norfolk, UK), 13th March 2010

 

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Buzzard, Coxford (Norfolk, UK), 20th April 2011

 

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Buzzards, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 25th August 2008

 

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Buzzards, Houghton (Norfolk, UK), 28th August 2008

 

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Buzzard, Holt Lowes (Norfolk, UK), 22nd August 2010

 

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Buzzard, Tatterford Common (Norfolk, UK), 1st April 2011

 

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Buzzard, Syderstone Common (Norfolk, UK), 14th June 2011

 

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Buzzards, Flitcham (Norfolk, UK), 8th January 2008

 

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Buzzards, north of Stanhoe (Norfolk, UK), 24th April 2009 (top 4 are one bird, lower 4 are another)

 

Buzzards, west of Burnham Market (Norfolk, UK), 4th April 2008

 

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Buzzard, Choseley (Norfolk, UK), 25th August 2011

 

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Buzzard, Flitcham (Norfolk, UK), 23rd March 2010

 

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Buzzard, north of Piazza Armerina (Sicily, Italy), 27th April 2012

 

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Buzzard, Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy), 26th April 2012

 

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Buzzard, Valle di Templi, Agrigento (Sicily, Italy), 27th April 2012

 

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Buzzard, Monteluce, Vendicari (Sicily, Italy), 29th April 2012

 

Buzzard, Valle di Templi, Agrigento (Sicily, Italy), 27th April 2012 - the same bird as above

 

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Buzzard, Thornham (Norfolk, UK), 27th July 2011

 

Buzzard, Holkham (Norfolk, UK), 4th February 2012

 

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Buzzard, undisclosed location (Norfolk, UK), 30th June 2010

 

Buzzard, Gavarnie (Hautes-Pyrénées, France), 24th June 2009

 

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Buzzard, Swanton Morley (Norfolk, UK), 24th March 2012

 

Buzzard, Bylaugh (Norfolk, UK), 19th February 2012