For over 12 months now ive been trying to photograph raptors but its proving to be a bigger task than i had imagined has anyone got any tips on how to get them inside my digital camera?..i see them but if they are not high in the sky they are too far away..........any tips would be appreciated.

What lens do you have? You'll need a long lens to capture them in the wild.
The other way is to visit birds of Prey centres. You could find out where the nearest feeding station for Red Kites is, that's usually a good day out.

Keith.

If you're photographing them in the wild, then it really is a case of "size matters".

As Keith says, you need a long lens - 500mm minimum, otherwise they are just going to be a dot in the middle of the frame.

Do you own a decent spotting scope? Because a way round it is to digiscope rather than just use your camera and lens. By fitting a camera to a spotting scope, high magnification can be acheived, but it takes patience and practice to capture a moving raptor this way. A small compact camera is all that's needed, rather than an expensive SLR. For some ideas on what is needed/available have a look here: http://www.birdnet.co.uk/digiscoping.html

I have a 300mm lense which clearly is not upto the job i have in mind but i do like the idea of going to a prey bird center,ive found a few of those which are quite close so might pay them a visit sooner rather than later....thanks for your help guys.