Buzzards

While walking through my local park (Easthill) here in Portslade I noticed two large birds flying high, from the north east.

As they got closer I could see they were buzzards.

They are probably common buzzard, markings can be quite varied in this species so identification is not always easy.

One had a ragged tail.

As they flew over the park they circled effortlessly. It was a spectacular site

They eventually drifted off towards the south west. The pictures were taken on a 24x zoom and then enlarged.