Autumn good time for Raptors?

["alan morris" <>]

Grant,

At this time of the year there does appear to be more raptors seen as the 
young of the previous breeding season are involved in their post natal 
dispersion, ie Mum & Dad have kicked them out and they have to find a new 
home.Many raptors identified at prsent are often seen to be immatures who 
are still gaining their hunting skills and so are probably more noticeable 
because they keep missing their prey.
I know from something a raptor bander (Clive Bennett) once wrote in the late 
1960s, that he documented more observations of juvenile Sparrowhawks and 
Goshawks from February to May than at any other time of the year.
Alan Morris