Hello,
The flock of 30+ goldfinches that visit my garden were chased off today by a small bird of prey that was either a hobby or a peregrine. It had the same black/blue moustache pattern, was kestrel sized and had very pointy wings. It had pretty strong wingbeats but short wingbeats but was swallow-like when chasing. I didn’t manage to take a photo as it happened pretty quickly. My book doesn’t make it much clearer. Does this behaviour and description wise sound more like a hobby or a peregrine? Thanks
But then I look at lots of photos of falcons/hawks, and the wings just aren’t sharp/pointy enough, except for the hobby. Sparrowhawk has too broad wings, kestrel hasn’t got the right wings, peregrine is too bulky and merlin is too small/dainty. I’m going to set up my trail camera towards the sky and remotely trigger it when it comes over again so I can get a photo as I’m nowhere near fast enough.