Rough day

My god it's good to get out again, today was the first day in weeks I've been out birding. My choice was something quite local, the Rough-legged Buzzard at Braughing. My mum was happy enough to give me a lift to the bird and I arrived a little before 10:00. There I met some friends of mine who I hadn't seen in a while, who offered to give me a lift back home (once we had seen the bird that was), "relieving" my mum of her duties. We searched for the Buzzard for 4 hours, in the mist, to no prevail. However, shortly before we had to leave I had a glimpse of a Buzzard flying away from me, the only feature I could see was a light, or pale rump and a paler than usual tail and wings. Sounds perfect for a Rough-legged Buzzard but I couldn't be sure. Luckily as we were leaving we past a small crowd who when we asked said they had the bird! We quickly got on it and the wait paid off (especially once it flew).

Juv. Rough Legged Buzzard