BUZZARDS are regarded as cloth cap predators in some circles, because of their perceived preference for feasting on roadkill rather than killing their own prey.
But the sight of a buzzard carrying off a struggling red squirrel in the North Tyne at the weekend sends Hextol into raptor raptures in this week's column.
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