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Rüppell's Griffon Vulture (Ruppelgam)

Gyps rueppellii
Rupell´s Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
Rupell´s Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)		 Rupell´s Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
Rupell´s Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)		 Rupell´s Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
Rupell´s Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)

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Kathy Wilkinson 19-Aug-2010 20:45
I have sent you an e-mail about sighting an unusual, HUGE bird very high in the sky over where I live in Edmondsley (4 miles outside Durham) early yesterday afternoon. I saw this massive bird - what got my attention was not just the huge size, but how high the bird was in the sky - there was a plane coming out from Newcastle airport (we live about 15 miles from the airport) and the bird was flying in the opposite direction (towards Newcastle and the coast) and was actually higher than the plane. What really made me know it was something unusual were 3 things:-
1) It was so big, even though it was so high up it still looked massive
2) It was higher in the sky than I have ever seen another bird fly
3) It did not, in all the time I watched it, flap it's wings at all - it coasted/glided along with huge wings outstretched.
It was quite a dull afternoon - the bird looked black. I do a bit of bird watching and have seen buzzards and sparrow hawks and I know this was not one of them. If she was heading for the coast, the way she was going, she would have been there in about 10 mins.
When I saw her, I did not even know she was missing, but told friends on Facebook about seeing this amazing huge bird, gliding so high in the sky. One of them later told me about the news story.
I wish you luck in finding her. Have not taken my eyes off the sky since! I think you need to advertise her missing further afield and ask people to look out for her, but as I said when you phoned me, I think she could be in France or further by now if that was her.
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