male Harrier is a possibility.  It was quite distant and without binos, I 
could get nothing on tail.  The bird, however, was in a soaring distinct 
buteo mode although moving northward.

Ruth S
E Dorset


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>Several years ago I too was perplexed by such a sighting, and it was a male
>harrier, this was also late March, it was soaring, but not quite the same 
>as
>buteos. Pale, almost white underneath, and black wing tips, with more of a
>crook in the wing. When it came down lower, the white rump was the dead
>giveaway.
>Jane
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