Rough-legged Buzzard
Buteo lagopus
(Pontoppidan, 1763)
Least Concern
AE
British & Irish Rarity Status: Scarce
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Rough-legged Buzzard © Nature Guides
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Rough-legged Buzzard © Morten Scheller Jensen
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Rough-legged Buzzard - Britain © Peter Garrity
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Rough-legged Buzzard - East Yorkshire © Darren Ward
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Rough-legged Buzzard - Britain © Paul Coombes
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Rough-legged Buzzard - Essex © Nick Brown
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Rough-legged Buzzard - East Yorkshire © Andy Hood
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