Common Buzzard.

Even though there are high numbers of these raptors living on Mull, they still usually fly away as soon as a vehicle parks nearby.

Today, this one chose to ignore me, to continue scanning the area below where it was perched, for prey.

Gorgeous, oft overlooked birds, that have a wide range of variations in their plumage colours, and manage to survive in the harshest of conditions.

I'm a fan.

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@petewalkden for several weeks I’ve looked out every morning to the field behind our house where a lone buzzard stands, mostly in the wind and rain given our current weather. It waits, watches, waits some more, then suddenly a loping run, a gulp and a gobble, and another worm meets its demise. The buzzard returns to its station for more waiting, more watching. I think quite a few folk would be surprised to find out that this is very normal behaviour - it’s not all majestic soaring!