Rough-legged Buzzard

Post date: Apr 29, 2011 7:10:35 PM

A timely phone call from Paul and Tony , " There's a Rough -leg coming your way now" had ,me scuttling around to the back garden where, low and rapid, a fabulous 2c/y Rough-legged Buzzard powered north-west, just beyond our East hedge. This one certainly was not lingering.

Rough-legged Buzzard - Pale Common Buzzards are often a pitfall for the unwary, with observers concentrating wholly on the underparts. The extensive whitish bases to the upper primaries are distinct at all distances on young birds.