Pallid Harrier at Dunsop Bridge in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England - May 2017

This beautiful adult male appeared on the 27th of April and was present for a 2nd day. It is the 2nd record for Lancashire after a fly through at Brockholes Nature Reserve near Preston in May 2016. Very few people saw that but now people can finally add this to the Lancashire lists.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallid_harrier

The pale or pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek. Circus is from kirkos, referring to a bird of prey named for its circling flight (kirkos, "circle"), probably the hen harrier and macrourus is "long-tailed", from makros, "long" and -ouros "-tailed".[2]

It breeds in southern parts of eastern Europe and central Asia (such as Iran) and winters mainly in India and southeast Asia. It is a very rare vagrant to Great Britain and western Europe, although remarkably a juvenile wintered in Norfolk in the winter of 2002/2003.

This medium-sized raptor breeds on open plains, bogs and heathland. In winter it is a bird of open country.

Description

This is a typical harrier, with long wings held in a shallow V in its low flight. It also resembles other harriers in having distinct male and female plumages. Adults measure 40–48 cm (16–19 in) long with a wingspan of 95–120 cm (37–47 in). Males weigh 315 g (11.1 oz) while the slightly larger females weigh 445 g (15.7 oz). The male is whitish grey above and white below, with narrow black wingtips. It differs from the hen harrier in its smaller size, narrower wings, paler colour, and different wing tip pattern. The female is brown above with white upper tail coverts, hence females and the similar juveniles are often called "ringtails". Her underparts are buff streaked with brown. It is best distinguished from the female hen harrier on structure. It is very similar to the female Montagu's harrier, but has darker and more uniform secondaries from below.[citation needed]

Diet

Pallid harriers hunt small mammals, lizards and birds, surprising them as they drift low over fields and moors.

The nest of this species is on the ground. Four to six whitish eggs are laid.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Lancashire (show map)

Taken on: May 8, 2017

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Camera: NIKON COOLPIX P900, f/6.5, 1/500 sec, 357mm, ISO 180 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture:	f/6.5
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	357mm
ISO:	180
Exposure Bias:	-0.6 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	COOLPIX P900 V1.3
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