Washing up at the sink am...looked up, over the house going West, in nanosecond correction order large gull, bop, accipter then disappeared over forest canopy, kinda knew what it was, but defaulted to size illusion, due to just a few seconds on something rapidly foreshortening as it vanished over tree tops.
Much chagrined, ascended the stairs with tea for the "missis", strolled up to said window and looked out, within several minutes a flock of finches and Redwing " hit the air" from the canopy, then c150m out from right to left, a long tailed bulky bop, appearing and disappearing through the tree tops, unequivocal....I suspect a female, however gentilis it was. no.44.