Raptor roll...

[Jos Stratford]

Not a (very) hard one I think, two over the land today - one a regular, the other new for the locality. Who's who?

[Andrew Rowlands]

Guessing - Marsh Harrier and Peregrine?

Andy.

[Jos Stratford]

Not bad, 50-50

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Marsh Harrier and Saker?

[StuartReeves]

Or Montagu's Harrier and Peregrine ?

[James Lowther]

Australasian harrier & Aplomado falcon (it's a long shot i know)

seriously though.. i reckon Andrew has it.

Marsh harrier and saker

Does he Jos??

[MSA]

Hen Harrier & Peregrine?

[Jos Stratford]

Australasian harrier & Aplomado falcon (it's a long shot i know)


Ah Aplomado, almost slips off my tongue! Er, sorry not ;)

Nobody has named the one of them yet, the other has been named correctly.

[Jules Sykes]

Marsh Harrier & Red footed Falcon?

[Jos Stratford]

Red footed Falcon?

A little too large and 'heavy-headed', wouldn't you think? :)

[dbradnum]

Late to this, so I get the benefit of others' thinking, but here goes:

Marsh Harrier and Hobby? Would be surprised if this is right, given apparent sizes, but you never know with photos!

[Jules Sykes]

Agreed but I originally thought it was a Peregrine and I am pretty sure thats a Marsh Harrier. Wondered if it might be that the falcon (?) is actually closer to you than it looks.

[dbradnum]

Agreed but I originally thought it was a Peregrine and I am pretty sure thats a Marsh Harrier. Wondered if it might be that the falcon (?) is actually closer to you than it looks.
Agree totally - if it is Hobby or similar sized, then it's got to be an illusion that they're tumbling together... Who said the camera never lies?!

[Jos Stratford]

They are tumbling together, no real size illusion here (or at least not much of one).

[Jos Stratford]

Jules, something very interesting in your earlier post - a hint towards the identify of this bird

[MSA]

OK, I went for Hen H & Peregrine because first answer was 50/50 and I was pretty sure about the Peregrine! Looking again, the Harrier is a Marsh, surely - so the other bird is not Peregrine or Saker; surely not a Lanner, by location?
One bird I find can look very peregrine-like (to my eyes at least) is Goshawk! However, pic doesn't look much like one. I'll guess Marsh H & Goshawk anyway, just to move this along, as I'm keen to know the answer!

[themexican]

Not a (very) hard one I think, two over the land today - one a regular, the other new for the locality. Who's who?
HB and Peregrine ?

[Jos Stratford]

One bird I find can look very peregrine-like (to my eyes at least) is Goshawk! However, pic doesn't look much like one. I'll guess Marsh H & Goshawk anyway, just to move this along, as I'm keen to know the answer!

Spot on Sir, :clap:

It is indeed a Goshawk that attracted the attention of the Marsh Harrier. Usually get two or three Marsh Harriers quartering the land, but it is the first Goshawk so far (but not a surprise as they are fairly common in the area and I see them reasonably regularly over my garden and on my local patch).

For any non-believers, a slightly more typical pose shown below.
Congratulations too to Jules for being the first to question whether it was in fact a falcon

[MSA]

I can now go to bed a happy man!

Wish my garden had such a raptor display - still I really can't complain (I'll explain one day ;-) )