On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:58:28 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:12:27 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:

Buzzards! Never seen a buzzard in UK. Only in NZ, and I was only a
kid.

You're not looking very hard. It might be where you live but they are
becoming common.

A NZ Buzzard might not be the same as a UK Buzzard...

Plenty up here but then it's open high fells not intensively farmed land
or packed with people.

Plenty here too and the farms around are mainly arable.
Fortunately there are lots of mature trees both Deciduous and
Coniferous. around and we can see a nest location from one of our
windows. The mewing cry can be heard surprisingly clearly even when
they are soaring at some altitude.
G.Harman