?Osprey

I was driving back from Cantley just now when I saw a big white speckled bird fly in front of my car and land in a tree at Beighton. I hastily turned around for another look and was sure it was an osprey. Am I completely wrong or have there been any other sightings?
  • Ospreys are starting to arrive now, though sightings away from known breeding areas tend to be 'flyovers' - they are in a hurry to get back to their nests (and some of these birds will be going straight through and on to Scandinavia). Your bird could have been a pale Common Buzzard (they can be as white or whiter than Ospreys).

  • Thanks for that, it well might have been a buzzard. Would have been nice to be able to see it more clearly and for a bit longer but never mind :)