For several weeks a juvenile Rough-legged Buzzard has been favouring an area of old pit workings just north of the city of Nottingham. It may well over winter here and it seems to be finding plenty of food. Only 20 miles from home, so well worth the visit. The bird showed well intermittently this morning. Often spending time perched in trees and bushes at a distance. During late morning the weather cleared and in good skies and bright sunshine the bird eventually took to the air and spent some time soaring over the large area of rough ground […]
Dec 182011