Thank you to all those
who responded to my queries.
1. Black kite - this was unanimous. A first for me too, since I hadn’t
even heard of a black kite. Very
exciting!
2. Most called it a brown goshawk, with one
suggesting, on account of its pale colour, it could be a hybrid with a grey
goshawk.
3. Whistling kite got the nod, with one
suggestion it could be a little eagle.
Since the calls of whistling kites could be readily heard, and I later
saw a pair in a nearby tree, I guess whistling kite was the right one.
I have one small
regret. I really spoiled a series
of shots of an aerial “dog” fight between two different raptors, on
account of having unknowingly turned a knob on the camera whilst walking along. But then, if you take time to check all
of your settings all of the time, you might not get the shots at all.
Margaret Leggoe.
