Hi,
during the last weeks on 2 separate occasions I saw some raptors which I couldn't ID with 100% confidence. In field both times my impression was goshawk but I might be wrong. I managed to take some photos even though the quality is not the best (autofocus on my Panasonic GX80 is not really made for birds in flight). Do you agree with my ID or are these sparrowhawks?
Both sightings were outside of Düsseldorf a couple of kilometers apart and both times the bird(s) was/were gliding slightly above some smaller tree covered areas next to some fields just a couple of hundred meters from the river Rhine.
The first time (photos from April 13th) it was a single bird which circled above the trees for a couple of seconds and then went into the trees at was out of sight.
At the second sighting (photos from April 20th) there were two birds which were rising in circles above the threes until they disappeared somewhere in the distance.
during the last weeks on 2 separate occasions I saw some raptors which I couldn't ID with 100% confidence. In field both times my impression was goshawk but I might be wrong. I managed to take some photos even though the quality is not the best (autofocus on my Panasonic GX80 is not really made for birds in flight). Do you agree with my ID or are these sparrowhawks?
Both sightings were outside of Düsseldorf a couple of kilometers apart and both times the bird(s) was/were gliding slightly above some smaller tree covered areas next to some fields just a couple of hundred meters from the river Rhine.
The first time (photos from April 13th) it was a single bird which circled above the trees for a couple of seconds and then went into the trees at was out of sight.
At the second sighting (photos from April 20th) there were two birds which were rising in circles above the threes until they disappeared somewhere in the distance.