I posted a picture of a buzzard on this thread many, many moons ago. It had been sat in a tree in my garden.
It was a causing a mass panic amongst jackdaws and seagulls who were attempting to harass it into leaving.
It treated them with contempt and ignored them. Then is flew off, majestically, over my roof. A superb sight.
I was in awe of this creature, but Hugo and others replied by saying they were quite common in the area.
I've not seen one 'in the flesh' since though.