This big falcon has been around for a while. A different bird to the one that was around in March, this is a really huge bird, being a lot larger than the local female Peregrine. This morning it was being mobbed by a Peregrine and a Sparrowhawk, and later I saw it chasing a Herring Gull, but didn't see the outcome as it dropped low below the cliff. The back colour is grey, not unlike a Peregrine but may be a bit paler, but it has a pale crown. The size of it makes you thing of Gyr, but I think it is a hybrid, again. Mark Love reported it at South Foreland this evening, and I suspect it's been responsible for a few reports around East Kent.
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I saw the falcon too on Saturday, being mobbed by a Kestrel. No idea what it is, though from my photo it looks sort of brown.
It looks greyer to me than the last one but my photos today do show a brownish tone, but overall I'd say its grey(ish)
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