Herring gull mobbing buzzard

The herring gull chicks have taken to wandering around on the roof tops and some have even taken to the air. The adults are much less tolerant of potential intruders including the occasional buzzard that glides over our garden.

Several gulls wheel around with raucous cries while one herring gull repeatedly mobs the buzzard until it has been chased out of range.

Buzzard

While gardening I looked up and saw another buzzard, this time circling high above our garden. Unfortunately by the time I got my camera it was circling away to the west and was little more than a dot in the sky.

Buzzard

As we drove back home along the A27, I observed a large buzzard circling over the road just west of Shoreham Airport