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| Hawks, Vultures and EaglesCommon BuzzardButeo buteo |
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En. Common Buzzard, Da. Musvåge, Du. Buizerd, Fi. Hiirihaukka, Fr. Buse variable, Ge. Mäusebussard, It. Poiana, No. Musvåk, Sp. Ratonero común, Sw. Ormvråk
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Buzzards are sizeable and chunky birds with large, broad, blunt-ended wings, fairly short, broad tails and short, rounded heads. They can show a variety of plumages but they are generally dull brown with darker areas at the wrists and paler panels in the primaries. Notice how the wings are swept upwards and forwards when they soar. |
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Breeds in moorland valleys, woods, farmland and cliffs. Winters in breeding habitat and other areas of open country. |
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A common resident in many parts of Britain, although largely absent from East Anglia, the south-east and the Midlands. Much commoner in the west. Occasional influxes of Scandinavian birds occur on the east coast. |
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The commonest bird of prey in most of central Europe, easily seen from roadsides. |
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| 12 000-17000 territorial pairs in Britain with at least 150 pairs in Ireland. A total of British and Irish wintering populations is between 24 000-30 000 birds. |
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| 400,000-500,000 breeding pairs spread across most of Europe apart from the very north including Iceland, Norway and Lapland with 100,000-200,000 in Germany alone.
Russian population 400000-600000
Turkish population 1000-5000 |
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