Kestrels are much more common, but the markings on this fine bird of prey look very much like a Hobby to me - more stripes than dots of black. It soared by into a stiff breeze as I was walking round the Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits reserve, and I was lucky to catch this shot between the trees before it was gone again.
The camera exposed for the sky, so this shot needed three whole stops of extra brightness in Lightroom. It's a good job I shoot in RAW mode!
Canon 60D with Canon EF-S 18-200mm at 200mm, 1/6400 sec at f/5.6, ISO 320
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