A bird that has changed it's status dramatically in Kent is the Common Buzzard. According to Harrison it was extirpated in Ken tat the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th Century. This of course reflected persecution, as almost anything with a hooked beak was killed by our country loving gentry and their lackeys. Things have changed, but not yet completely, especially further north on grouse moors. In Kent the Buzzard has returned, It is only 19 years and already it is probably the commonest raptor in the county. Given that bit of history it is true to say I never expected to see a Buzzard regularly sitting on a telegraph pole on the edge of the village when we moved here.
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