Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Least Concern
AE*
British & Irish Rarity Status: Common
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Common Buzzard - Britain © Peter Miles
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Common Buzzard - Britain © Kev Joynes
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Common Buzzard - Britain © Geoff Snowball
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Common Buzzard - Denmark © per schans christensen
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Common Buzzard - Britain © John Richardson
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Common Buzzard - Britain © Frank Golding
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