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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keebs" data-source="post: 2275263" data-attributes="member: 97605">Thanks people <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Hobbes - technically it was Bedfordshire not Hertfordshire, didn't realise I'd gone over the border!The first time he flew over it was straight head-on towards me and I thought it was another Heron, by the time realised it was too small for a Heron, grabbed the camera and turned it on it was overhead and disappearing behind the trees behind me.I fired off a couple of not-very-good "rear-view" shots as he retreated in the hope of something to ID it with. I zoomed in on the pics in the camera and guessed at Hen Harrier as that seemed to fit best. I kept a close eye out for his return for an hour but no sign.Then a little while later I was chatting with another angler when all of a sudden a dozen or so gulls that were sat on the water just took off as one and I said "Something's spooked them I wonder if it's back"Straight away we spotted him coming down the lake towards us and I managed 4 quick shots before he disappeared over the trees behind us.Pics here<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/390908/limit/recent" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/390908/limit/recent</a><a href="http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/390909/limit/recent" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/390909/limit/recent</a></blockquote>

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