07-09-2015, 09:26 AM
Every single summer where I live, I have heard the plaintive screeching of young Buzzards as they try out their wings but are still calling to their parents. I have lived here for 31 years. This year -silence.
That sound has always been part of summer here. "A Skriking" I call it (to coin a Yorkshire phrase!) It's never an unpleasant sound but atmospheric as the young Buzzard's calls echo all around.
So it must mean the Buzzards have not bred this year, suddenly. I have seen them flying but just not heard their young.
It's hard to tell yet if that is just a local 'glitch' (but why after 31 years?) Or is it a national trend...?
That sound has always been part of summer here. "A Skriking" I call it (to coin a Yorkshire phrase!) It's never an unpleasant sound but atmospheric as the young Buzzard's calls echo all around.
So it must mean the Buzzards have not bred this year, suddenly. I have seen them flying but just not heard their young.
It's hard to tell yet if that is just a local 'glitch' (but why after 31 years?) Or is it a national trend...?
