Well, it's always good news to see a Goshawk but this bird is a juvenile which will have fledged in the past few weeks. The good news would be if it was born in the Peak District. The Goshawk has suffered from persecution in its former stronghold in the upper Derwent Valley but hopefully it is still surviving as a breeding bird elsewhere in Derbyshire. The bird was very distant hence the poor quality of the photos, interestingly I watched it climb high, perhaps 800 feet or more and then close its wings in a stoop on passing Wood Pigeons which were crossing the tree tops. It did it twice and was unsuccessful on both attempts giving a half hearted chase of the pigeon once it was at the same level.
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