There's a Bearded Vulture About!

[DBK]

Only the second ever Bearded Vulture to be seen in the UK was spotted over Kenilworth two days ago. It was heading north and by now could be over the Lake District, Pennines or even reached Scotland.

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[DiggerJon]

Nah, it's just an ordinary vulture that couldn't get its beard trimmed in lockdown!

 

[Gellyneck]

....... or even reached Scotland.

If he's any sense he'll have turned around given the weather here this morning!

 

[DBK]

If he's any sense he'll have turned around given the weather here this morning!

Cold here in Devon too but it's a lot wetter further north I think.

 

[Gellyneck]

Cold here in Devon too but it's a lot wetter further north I think.

Tell me about it! And windier!
However gave a great opportunity to test the windscreen scuttle fixes I'm doing on the motorhome! So far so good!

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[busby]

Cold here in Devon too but it's a lot wetter further north I think.

Dry and warm here in Sub Tropical Riddings,,had a two minute shower of rain earlier,,BUSBY.

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Thanks for that DBK, most interesting. I hope it survives if visiting Scotland some keepers and landowners can have a very unpleasant attitude towards birds of prey up north.

 

[Viennese]

As long as it's not Richard Branson, that's OK

 

[DBK]

Thanks for that DBK, most interesting. I hope it survives if visiting Scotland some keepers and landowners can have a very unpleasant attitude towards birds of prey up north.

Good point, hopefully it will avoid any grouse moors.

 

[Rosemary1]

Cold here in Devon too but it's a lot wetter further north I think.

It’s been wet here near Wigan for a few days and windy today too. Never heard so much thunder.

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[Wildbill]

Thank DBK very interesting thank for posting it
bill

 

[PaulyP]

As long as it's not Richard Branson, that's OK

Mmmmmmm bearded vulture - sounds like Branson

 

[DBK]

It's in the Peak District now, or if not the one in the OP then another one.



A boggy walk from these coordinates apparently. If it's still there, which is probably unlikely.

53.4146y92 - 1.6692450

53°24'52.8"N 1°40'09.3"W

goo.gl

 

[The Coops]

Problem is that they can be shot as they are not on the list of protected birds its treated as a blow in

 

[movan]

Problem is that they can be shot as they are not on the list of protected birds its treated as a blow in

. Oh no.

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[DBK]

BBC link.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-53383387?

 

[DBK]

This is a useful update. It suggests the bird is ranging far and wide every day so it could be seen almost anywhere in Northern England.

Huge vulture “is like a turkey spending Christmas at a butcher’s shop” after settling in grouse shooting country

A huge European vulture “is like a turkey spending Christmas at a butcher’s shop” after it settled in the heart of grouse shooting country, conservation groups have said.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

Settled on the outskirts of Sheffield. Obviously a bird with taste.

 

[The Coops]

Settled on the outskirts of Sheffield. Obviously a bird with taste.

Or no sense of smell!

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

Sheffield is now one of the greenest cities in the whole of Europe. Long gone are the days of the smoke and smell from the steelworks.

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[The Coops]

Sheffield is now one of the greenest cities in the whole of Europe. Long gone are the days of the smoke and smell from the steelworks.

Yeh but its full of roadworks and stupid traffic calming measures that make your journey twice as long!

 

[MikeD]

We had a White Tailed Sea Eagle fly through Aylesbury in March so not surprised a Bearded Vulture is about.

Strange year for everything it appears

 

[busby]

Yeh but its full of roadworks and stupid traffic calming measures that make your journey twice as long!

Thought that was common throughout the UK..BUSBY

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

Yeh but its full of roadworks and stupid traffic calming measures that make your journey twice as long!

You're obviously confusing it with Manchester

 

[The Coops]

Thought that was common throughout the UK..BUSBY

Probably is but at 7am in a galaxy far far away in a time zone called March 2020 it took us nearly 4 hours to transit Sheffield, granted there might have been one or two RTC and the *odd* road repairs* but it felt like the object was to ban any diesel or petrol powered vehicle from Sheffield or its environs! ( I used to go camping with the scouts/cubs back in the 1960's at Hesley Wood for a week, all gear tied on the back of a flat back trailer, tied on, kids told to wrap up and put anoraks on and then sat, with no seat belts etc on top of the camping gear over the Pennines to Hesley Wood , mum used to judge how good a time we had had by how bad we smelt coming home!

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[TheTwoOfUs]

Probably is but at 7am in a galaxy far far away in a time zone called March 2020 it took us nearly 4 hours to transit Sheffield, granted there might have been one or two RTC and the *odd* road repairs* but it felt like the object was to ban any diesel or petrol powered vehicle from Sheffield or its environs! ( I used to go camping with the scouts/cubs back in the 1960's at Hesley Wood for a week, all gear tied on the back of a flat back trailer, tied on, kids told to wrap up and put anoraks on and then sat, with no seat belts etc on top of the camping gear over the Pennines to Hesley Wood , mum used to judge how good a time we had had by how bad we smelt coming home!

You're obviously doing something wrong. I can get across Sheffield from the west to the east with our 7.5m m/h in well under an hour. That can be A57 to the M1, Castleton to the M1 or Bakewell to the M1. The only roadworks I can think of at the moment are on the inner ring road and I came through them yesterday in the car in about 5 minutes. Where are you coming from and going to?

 

[The Coops]

You're obviously doing something wrong. I can get across Sheffield from the west to the east with our 7.5m m/h in well under an hour. That can be A57 to the M1, Castleton to the M1 or Bakewell to the M1. The only roadworks I can think of at the moment are on the inner ring road and I came through them yesterday in the car in about 5 minutes. Where are you coming from and going to?

We came from The Three Merry Lads at Redmires to go to Holbrook to get an external screen made, just before lock down, set off at 7 am and got to Holbrook at 11.45am the traffic was gridlocked and solid No idea why, been through on the motorbike in less than 10 mins!