Honey Buzzard
Having spent time in what would seem reasonable habitat to perhaps encounter this species this Summer it seems somewhat ironic that the first we see this year is over a busy road flanked by open farmland. Whilst clearly not breeding habitat, with egg thieves unfortunately still active in the County, it is still sensible not to disclose any details as to its location. I never feel particularly confident in ageing and sexing this species but this individual's complete dark trailing edge point to it being an adult and its evenly-spaced narrow barring to its underwings and darkish secondaries presumably render it a female. Forsman notes that only females have translucent inner primaries (as here) although the Collins Guide points to the translucent hands of males!
