Rough- legged Buzzard comes in to roost

On Monday 29th January, hoping to see the RLB, I was able to leave work at 3.50pm TOIL for working extra hours and by 4.10pm I was parking at the road at the end of Fritton woods. Ten minutes later, I was joining Dick on the mound overlooking Haddiscoe Marshes, but not before I had already seen a wonderful Short- eared Owl flying over the Pines bordering the clearing near the mound. Dick pointed out the superb Rough- legged Buzzard perched on a distant gate post. It initially showed a greyish head, as it scratched its tail later the white base and black tip seen. Then when it moved position it showed the darker lower breast patch. 2 Short- eared Owls were seen flying around it and must have been in addition to the bird I had seen walking up. Eventually, one of the Short- eared Owls started mobbing the Rough- legged Buzzard and it stood side on facing left before getting up and flying towards us and then flew into Fritton woods in the corner tree where it briefly perched before swooping down. A Barn Owl was also seen flying too. Suddenly a Green Sandpiper got up and flew right, it looked a very back and white bird in the fading light.