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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenM" data-source="post: 3602710" data-attributes="member: 57880">A fantastic compilation of close proximity well lit subjects Chris. The Finnish/Scandinavian birds as I understand, represent the ''largest sized'' race of Goshawk in Europe?UK birds I believe are a composite of Scandinavian/and rest of (Europe..perhaps smaller birds) interbreeding no doubt, and just possibly throwing up a more ''variably sized'' population in the UK?FWIW from my own experience I've observed partial display Goshawk, just above the canopy (just the once...imaged), hanging in the air on warm still days (just twice, very high up), with the majority of double digit sightings at low level, either surfing the tree tops or at ground level in direct flight, almost exclusively during the Winter months.I can also add ''distant'' double digit sightings, of birds that I don't feel comfortable with ascribing to either taxa. Here's a couple of images first image of an Immature female Sprawk showing perhaps larger width tarsi than you might expect? and an un-ascribed accip (big head, stubby wings and a spoon tail).</blockquote>