Circus aeruginosus
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Do not handle injured birds bare-handed. It nests low inside reedbeds; walking into reeds in the breeding season destroys eggs and chicks outright.
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Quarters slowly a metre or two above the reeds with wings raised in a shallow V
Lacks the bright white rump patch shown by the other harriers
Male's wing looks three-toned: grey panel, brown coverts, jet-black tips
Female and juvenile dark chocolate brown with a creamy crown, throat and forewing
The largest and heaviest harrier; despite the long tail and thin legs the body looks bulky
