Harassed Sea Eagle (1 Viewer)

[gerald762]

I need help to identify the small raptor harassing the Sea Eagle.
Photos from today, 22 April 2023, SE Sweden.
Thanks

 

[PW23]

Common buzzard due to size, shape and plumage. Great shots!

 

[Butty]

...and it's not a rough-legged buzzard because...?

 

[gerald762]

I have tried to improve one of the photos

 

[PW23]

Fair Butty, mistook Gerald's flag for his location. Buteo - CB or RLB

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

I agree with Butty. Its a Rough-legged Buzzard for me too. Please note

• contrasting=very well demarcated blackish band at an whitish tail
• yes, whishful thinking, but the tail appears to be long and full, vaguely remiscent of an Goshawk (or an Honey Buzzard). A jizz feature of many RLB against Common Buzzard. Your bird gives the right impression for this.

 

[maplekong]

Wings don't look like goshawk though, different sections of colour clear. Rough-legged or common, I don't want to try and distinguish between the two. Can't see the brown patch at front of carpal of a rough-legged buzzard being so large and extending so far along the arm.

 

[maplekong]

Sorry to add even more ambiguity and confusion, but maybe Marsh Harrier? If seen backlit would be possible Edit: whoops, no tail-band

 

[Andy Hurley]

I can see a black subterminal band, not a terminal band, but only one. This could be wear, or female or juvenile as it is quite diffuse. The under-tail coverts appear to be stripey, not white. This is giving me confusing signals. I think it is probably a CB, but I can't rule out R-LB.

 

[maplekong]

Rough-legged buzzard would have sparser colour along the arm, toward it's body, I would conclude common buzzard