I photographed the meadow harrier somewhat accidentally from a hide, but unfortunately not from a desired distance. An interesting thing about these harriers is their marked sexual dimorphism. The male is grey, but only on the outer surface of the wing. The inner surface is white. Several times in the area where I photographed the plover or corn crake, I saw the male meadow harrier, but sadly neither long enough nor close enough to take a picture. The meadow harrier is a little smaller than the marsh harrier, as its body mass doesn’t exceed 0.4 kg, with a wingspan of about 1.1 meters.
Last minute news-12/2013
I have added some pictures of harrier to the gallery, but unfortunately also documentary ones. The Harrier stayed in the vicinity for several hours, but unluckily beyond the reach of the lens. Furthermore, both transparency and intensity of light left much to be desired. In a word, not yet, harriers have to wait for their images suitable to the gallery, not just the record.
Last minute news-02/2023
Finally, after almost 10 years, changes in the Meadow harrier gallery. Photos of the female Meadow harrier are now being added to the gallery, and not in documentary quality photos. This time the photos are not accidental. The news that a female Meadow harrier was appearing in front of the shelter prompted an attempt to take photos, a very rare bird in our country. The bird was very shy and it took an all-day wait to be able to take pictures. It appeared twice. Unfortunately the first time was only a short flight and  pictures were not taken. But after, probably two hours, the female of Meadow harrier landed in front of the shelter for a solid meal. It turned out to be a big enough meal that she didn't appear again for the rest of the day. But the resulting phoptos bring great variety to my hitherto modest output in this gallery and the gallery has ceased to be documentary.