Hi there all,
I'm new to this so please bare with me on my attempt to ID these guys!
I was fishing on the medway outside of forest row in east sussex on thursday 12th in the late afternoon. I heard what I thought was an electronic sound, perhaps some sort of warning call or wierd mobile phone tone, but I was in the middle of nowhere. It then came over again and a pair of birds, I am almost certain birds of prey, flew over. One was cartwheeling in the air as if displaying to the other, spinning and performing aerobatics. The call was definately coming from one or both of the birds, but I do not know how to write it down, other than it didnt sound like a normal buzzard 'krey' or similar and sounded 'electronicky'.
The wingspan was greater than 4ft, and the wings were quite deep. When the wing was bent, it had a distinctive v shape, very similar to an enlarged lapwing wing. The head looked slightly lighter than the rest of the body but I cannot give a good colour ID as the light was not permitting.
I really cant hazard a guess on this pair, does anybody have any idea what they could have been? Ospreys was my only guess?
I checked the breeding post up at the reservoir nearby that had been put up for ospreys the day after, but no sign.
Please help me ID these birds.
Thanks,
Nick
I'm new to this so please bare with me on my attempt to ID these guys!
I was fishing on the medway outside of forest row in east sussex on thursday 12th in the late afternoon. I heard what I thought was an electronic sound, perhaps some sort of warning call or wierd mobile phone tone, but I was in the middle of nowhere. It then came over again and a pair of birds, I am almost certain birds of prey, flew over. One was cartwheeling in the air as if displaying to the other, spinning and performing aerobatics. The call was definately coming from one or both of the birds, but I do not know how to write it down, other than it didnt sound like a normal buzzard 'krey' or similar and sounded 'electronicky'.
The wingspan was greater than 4ft, and the wings were quite deep. When the wing was bent, it had a distinctive v shape, very similar to an enlarged lapwing wing. The head looked slightly lighter than the rest of the body but I cannot give a good colour ID as the light was not permitting.
I really cant hazard a guess on this pair, does anybody have any idea what they could have been? Ospreys was my only guess?
I checked the breeding post up at the reservoir nearby that had been put up for ospreys the day after, but no sign.
Please help me ID these birds.
Thanks,
Nick