Need some help with an ID - I am what I consider an amateur birder, I don't go targetting particular species, but always have an eye open where ever I am and am keen to make an ID.
Spotted this above the A2 in Kent - was driving at the time but have no piccs. Saw a large bird, only in silhouette but clearly a raptor, at a fair distance. It was alternating between wing flaps and soaring about 5 - 10 seconds each at a time. Having just got back from the west country where I had seen loads of Buzzzards, I thought it was also a Buzzard - the size was right, but it didn't look right. As I got closer, the outline looked more falcon like, at times the wings looked slim and rakish like a hobby, then the wings would broaden and the bird would soar.
Seeing only a silhouette, I got no idea of colour and size is always a bit difficult to judge, but my first insticnt it was around buzzard sized. Have a feeling it was a peregrine, but didn't think that they 'soared' and only really got to see it for about 30 seconds, and I did have one eye on the road (honest!).
Would like to hear others thoughts.
Spotted this above the A2 in Kent - was driving at the time but have no piccs. Saw a large bird, only in silhouette but clearly a raptor, at a fair distance. It was alternating between wing flaps and soaring about 5 - 10 seconds each at a time. Having just got back from the west country where I had seen loads of Buzzzards, I thought it was also a Buzzard - the size was right, but it didn't look right. As I got closer, the outline looked more falcon like, at times the wings looked slim and rakish like a hobby, then the wings would broaden and the bird would soar.
Seeing only a silhouette, I got no idea of colour and size is always a bit difficult to judge, but my first insticnt it was around buzzard sized. Have a feeling it was a peregrine, but didn't think that they 'soared' and only really got to see it for about 30 seconds, and I did have one eye on the road (honest!).
Would like to hear others thoughts.
