Hi yellowbelly,
The only place I've knowingly seen and heard buzzards is in Devon, although when I posted about the lack of red kites, here in Berkshire, we did see some kite like birds that didn't seem to have a forked tail, but I think they were kites seen at a distance, hope the buzzards make it this far.
Max.
P.S. we didn't get as far as making your fat log, we already had a design in progress, it's been up for three weeks now without a single visit from anything.
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