Bird of prey I.D. needed again please :)

[1957split]

Was out walking along the Medway today with Connor when we saw another b.o.p. high up in the sky, I managed to get a couple of shots off but alas only with a 135mm lens.
It has quite a distinct silhouette and I did try lightening it up a bit which revealed darker feathers on the underside of the wings going from the body along the front/back of wings and stopping before getting halfway, also seemed to have a darker tip to it's tail.
Does this ring any bells?

Thanks for looking
Brian

[Dogghound]

Im pretty sure its a Cuckoo.

[1957split]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

Im pretty sure its a Cuckoo.

Serious? I'd love it to be a Cuckoo, that'd be another added to my list

[Jenny W]

It's a Cuckoo by the looks of it.

Heard my first one of the year on Wednesday - great to hear

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by 1957split

Serious? I'd love it to be a Cuckoo, that'd be another added to my list

Yes . They can look alot like a bird of prey.

[1957split]

We did hear quite a few Cuckoo's [what's more than one Cuckoo?] calling from different sides of a wooded area but didn't see anything and I've never seen one before anyway so wouldn't have recognised if I did

Made my day and another up on Connor

[RoyW]

Can confirm that this is a Cuckoo - they have a fairly distinctive way of flying, shallow wing beats with the wing usually kept below the level of the birds back.

Roy.

[1957split]

Thanks Roy I'd never seen a Cuckoo before, the shape really had me believing I was looking at a b.o.p.

We did hear plenty of Cuckoos but they were in a wooded area where we saw nothing, this was at the end of the walk about 7 miles away