On 30th April I struck lucky at my watchpoint, seeing several raptors come across around 4pm.
First the ones I cannot identify! I am hoping for an exciting falcon, a Saker or a Lanner, having once seen a Saker on Marettimo in September 2017.
But on those two kinds of falcons, the trailing edge of the inner wing is at a right angle to the body, whereas on this bird the secondaries have a slight bulge. Could you help id? It's not some strange hybrid Buteo, is it?
Bird 1, nos.1 - 5
First the ones I cannot identify! I am hoping for an exciting falcon, a Saker or a Lanner, having once seen a Saker on Marettimo in September 2017.
But on those two kinds of falcons, the trailing edge of the inner wing is at a right angle to the body, whereas on this bird the secondaries have a slight bulge. Could you help id? It's not some strange hybrid Buteo, is it?
Bird 1, nos.1 - 5