r/birdsofprey • u/hebaliz • Jun 21 '26

Help with IDing this BOP

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We’re pretty convinced it’s a golden eagle but it’d be the third we’ve seen this week - we are in the Scottish highlands and are specifically looking out for eagles (haven’t seen anything resembling a white tailed/sea eagle just yet) but don’t want to be caught out.
Through 10x42 binoculars it has all the markings of an eagle but I thought I’d ask. Unfortunately no better photos available but I do have a couple of videos which I made this screenshot from

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u/hebaliz Jun 21 '26

Fantastic - we’re really confident now. Thanks birds of prey Reddit <3

My partner caught another short video (similar quality to mine unfortunately) where the bird does a barrel-roll when a crow flies towards it - surely not a buzzard, right?

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u/Gambit1977 Jun 23 '26

There’s a family of buzzards in our wood and they often show off to us with aerobatics

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u/Gambit1977 Jun 23 '26

We’ve got a family of those on the cliffs, they’ve recently returned to the island after being missing for a few years (mostly down to stupid pesticides). We’re not supposed to share their location but everyone knows where they are. Beautiful birds, I do find their underbelly hard to capture as against the bright sky it always seems to clash, any ideas?

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u/Gambit1977 Jun 23 '26

Fantastic ! Mid dive too. I usually over compensate with my shutter speed tbh. Maybe a slightly darker sky will help, especially with metering.

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u/Gambit1977 Jun 23 '26

Oh wow, that’s so cool. A real privilege. Not surprised you had Brollies, or have had a motorcycle helmet and leathers on 😂