going down very fast in a spiral
This makes me think some kind of falcon? Do any of these look familiar:
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@doubtingtammy @ceci I would have said something similar to a falcon too! I see them hunting in the fields around my house in my hometown (in the countryside). We call them “falchetti” :)
Neet. Never heard them called that before. Always been "osprey". Now I know......and knowing is half the battle.
and the other half of the battle is falcon punches.
@TrojanRoomCoffeePot it did look a bit similar in colours and shape, but I'm reading they hunt fish so I would exclude it for now🧐
I wonder at whether or not they have a cousin who looks similar then, or if the colouration was the result of Spring molting?
scroll thru this list and see whether you can spot a matching image or silhoutte:
There's a few hawk species around me that do that. But I'm nowhere near there.
My best guesses for now are:
- Eurasian goshawk
- Merlin
They look similar to the ones i spotted in terms of colour, and the calls would also fit. I guess I would need a third meet-up to have a final answer but learnt so much about birds in the meantime ahah
Thank you @doubtingtammy @takeheart for the lists, they were very useful :)