Sunday 24 July 2016

Montagu's Harrier

Juvenile female - 31 8 15. Good trailing edge to wing compared to Pallid. Sexed by the dark eye but the well marked primaries also more normal for female but variable.


Juvenile female - 1 9 15


Juvenile female - 1 9 15


Clear dark trailing edge to wing and dark wing tip.

Juvenile female

Juvenile female - 1 8 15

Juvenile female - 1 9 15

Juvenile with male Levants Sparrowhawk

Juvenile female - 6 9 15


Juvenile female - 7 9 15




Juvenile female - 12 9 15

2nd cy female - 1 9 15

Three juvenile outer primaries and all juvenile secondaries. Warm buff wash to underparts and underwings.


2nd cy female - 1 9 15. Retained juvenile outer primaries (two left wing and three right wing) and several juvenile secondaries.

Nice barred axilliaries different to female Pallid's. The broad pale and dark bars in the secondaries also becoming visible and the dark trailing edge.

A whiter background to underparts on this individual.



2nd cy female - 1 9 15. Three juvenile outer primaries and several juvenile secondaries. Dark trailing edge to inner primaries clear. Secondaries can look dark and Pallid like but see other photos below.

Trailing edge hard to see in this photo and secondaries look dark like female Pallid. A 2nd cy female Pallid should be nearing finish of primary moult by now, earlier than Montagu's.

Broad pale bar visible in left secondaries as for Montagu's. Also typical well barred axillaries.

2nd cy female - 1 9 15. Three juvenile outer primaries and mostly juvenile secondaries apart from 3-4 new outer ones. Really well spotted breast band and sparser belly streaks compared to adult female.



Clear dark trailing edge to wing and well barred axilliaries.



2nd cy male - 1 9 15






2nd cy male - 1 9 15




2nd cy male - 1 9 15


2nd cy male - 1 9 15





2nd cy male - 31 8 15

Adult male



Adult male

Adult female - 1 9 15