Looking from the garage car park this morning at the large flocks of Woodpigeons heading >S I saw in the distance 5 birds very high and about a good mile away acting strangely. With no optics I could make out a larger bird which was obviously a raptor being mobbed with corvids.
The group was drifting east away from me but moving slowly sometimes circling.
My first thought was a Buzzard but as I got it in the camera I thought this aint no Buzzard.
The bird had long drooping wings sharply elbowed with a full slow wing beat and a long slim tail.
White patches stood out on the underside of the wings and the neck and head looked long.
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BS