HI Bud, ty for your reply it was an amazing sight [bANNED TEXT], without a doubt, but it has become a regular around the forest, the local rag has reported on it twice in detail,he has taken up residence, and seems to have been totally accepted by the local buzzards..it was a pure chance sighting for me,buzzards are a regular daily sighting in these parts..its a great place to live there is so much to do here with the dogs ect..tracking hunting trapping ferreting fishing the list is endless. so, many people go abroad but i think that are so many places here in the uk that are underestimated an