Here's one for you.
Firstly, sorry about the poor quality of the image. I realise it may make a positive ID impossible - but it was at quite a considerable zoom.
Anyway.
So, as I was walking down a lane this afternoon, this bird flew out. I immediately knew it was 'something else' - flight pattern, wing beat, shape. But I didn't know what.
My first though that it was a raptor, perhaps a sparrowhawk. But looking at the picture I doubt that now.
There had been quite a few cuckoos about as well, but I'm not so sure about that either.
But it was about that kind of size.
The habitat was open farmland/meadow near a coastal estuary.
If any of you can ID it then you will earn a worthy doffing of the cap!
Cheers.
Firstly, sorry about the poor quality of the image. I realise it may make a positive ID impossible - but it was at quite a considerable zoom.
Anyway.
So, as I was walking down a lane this afternoon, this bird flew out. I immediately knew it was 'something else' - flight pattern, wing beat, shape. But I didn't know what.
My first though that it was a raptor, perhaps a sparrowhawk. But looking at the picture I doubt that now.
There had been quite a few cuckoos about as well, but I'm not so sure about that either.
But it was about that kind of size.
The habitat was open farmland/meadow near a coastal estuary.
If any of you can ID it then you will earn a worthy doffing of the cap!
Cheers.
or a singing male.
