G is for goshawk

Now is a great time to search for more specialised woodland species such as Eurasian Goshawk and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on fine sunny days.

Eurasian Goshawk is doing very well now in Sussex and Kent, with dozens of breeding pairs. Immatures, such as the female in the photograph below, are identifiable by the thick streaks on their underside. These younger birds roam more widely and can be found unexpectedly in seemingly random areas of farmland and wooded shaws.