Taken at Otmoor, Oxon., on May 18th 2023.
(1/640th sec at f11. Click image for larger version. © David Hastings)

Description

L: 29- 35 cm; WS: 70 - 84 cm

A medium-sized elegant falcon, with long, pointed wings and a medium-length square-cut tail. It ia a very fast, agile flier.

The Hobby is a summer visitor to southern Britain and most of Europe. It spends the winter in Africa.

It breeds in arable land with lakes and woods, bogs and rivers in taiga, and mountain forests. Abandoned nests of other birds, often crow, are used.

It has Green status on the British list. There are about 2800 breeding pairs in the UK.

Sightings

18-May-2023	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(6)
27-Apr-2023	:	Standlake Common, Oxon	(2)
15-Aug-2022	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
20-Jun-2022	:	Foulshaw Moss, Cumbria	(1)
23-Apr-2022	:	Standlake Common, Oxon	(1)
20-Sep-2021	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
16-Sep-2021	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
23-Jun-2021	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
07-Jun-2021	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(3)
25-Apr-2021	:	Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon	(1)
15-Sep-2020	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(3)
04-Sep-2020	:	Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon	(1)
23-Aug-2020	:	Pewsey Downs NNR, Wilts	(1)
19-May-2020	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
20-Jun-2019	:	Standlake Common, Oxon	(1)
16-Jun-2019	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
11-May-2019	:	Abingdon, Oxon	(1)
29-Apr-2019	:	Standlake Common, Oxon	(1)
06-Sep-2018	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
20-Aug-2018	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
10-Jul-2018	:	Crookham Common, Berks	(1)
06-Jun-2018	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
14-May-2018	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
01-May-2018	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(4)
14-Sep-2017	:	Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon	(1)
26-Aug-2017	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
03-Aug-2017	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
08-Jun-2017	:	Paklenica National Park, Croatia
06-Jun-2017	:	Irinovac, Croatia
30-May-2017	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(3)
29-Apr-2017	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
18-Sep-2016	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
26-Jun-2016	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
19-Jun-2016	:	Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon	(1)
05-Jun-2016	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
14-May-2016	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
30-Apr-2016	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
27-Sep-2015	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
07-Sep-2015	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(3)
02-Aug-2015	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
07-Jun-2015	:	Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon	(1)
10-May-2015	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(1)
27-Apr-2015	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(6)
14-Sep-2014	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(3)
20-Jun-2014	:	Arda River Dam, Bulgaria
25-May-2014	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(3)
22-Sep-2013	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
26-Aug-2013	:	Otmoor, Oxon	(2)
26-Jun-2013	:	Hickling Broad, Norfolk	(1)
01-Jun-2013	:	Hackpen Hill, Oxon	(2)