On 12/03/14 07:56, sacha wrote:
I've put this in the bird group, too. We've just seen a bird perched on
the back of one of the garden chairs, just a few feet from the window.
It had a hawk like beak and a dark body which, at rest, appeared to have
white spots over its back. The chest had a pale creamy patch and had a
red tinge in the middle of it. The eyes were dark. As it flew away, the
tail was something between a fan and a fork and barred. We would say it
was about the size of a wood pigeon and slightly dishevelled looking.
We've never seen it here before or, perhaps, we've never seen
whatever-it-is so close up.

Fromthe forky tail it would seem to have been a kite, but in the air,
they appear a bit bigger than pigeons.

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