to me it looks like a sparrowhawk. but i admit that from this poor pic i could be wrong. square tail corners and not so broad 'thighs' led me to this id.
to me it looks like a sparrowhawk. but i admit that from this poor pic i could be wrong. square tail corners and not so broad 'thighs' led me to this id.
That was my first thought, too (the same goes for the bird in post #4).
I think the fact that the bird in post 4 was seen being mobbed by a couple of Long-legged Buzzards who were of equal size rather says it all for me.
Firetail's photo IMO is a goshawk - it has the same wing proportions as CAU's first link