Andrew
Looking at the tail projection only I would go for Goshawk in display, but the wings are too long, going for Kestrel.
I'm struggling to rule out Common Buzzard, so will go with that.
Couldn't possibly say where it was taken.
However, I thought this might be a good test to see how difficult birds can be to ID from a single photo - was tempted to put it on the ID forum to see what folk made of it.
It is a bird you can see in Europe if that helps.
Cheers,
Andrew
It does remind me of this pig of a mystery photo I posted a few years ago!
I'd say its an Osprey.
Jane - with a tail like that surely your "pig" is a Red Kite? Love to know what it was if it wasn't!