Birds of Prey at Cannock Chase (1 Viewer)

We took a visiting friend a tour of the north section of Cannock Chase yesterday morning. In addition to seeing buzzards and kestrels (and hearing a sparrowhawk), we encountered two birds of prey we weren't at all sure about*.

What other birds of prey are reasonably likely on Cannock Chase at this time of the year?

*the first perching too far away to pick out any detail, the second silhouetted overhead (with us too busy going "Wow" to pick out enough features!).

Probably not a good idea for anyone to post about breeding raptors at this time of year, especially not for the Chase. Safe to say there is some post-breeding dispersal of several species at the moment from other areas with a number of passage Marsh Harriers and Red Kites around the county, so maybe it / they could have been those?

The Moore-hen said:

Probably not a good idea for anyone to post about breeding raptors at this time of year, especially not for the Chase. Safe to say there is some post-breeding dispersal of several species at the moment from other areas with a number of passage Marsh Harriers and Red Kites around the county, so maybe it / they could have been those?

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Thanks, point taken. Have PMd you.