המועדפים של aegithalos

We first faintly heard them around 21:30 (about 15 minutes after sunset) from the boardwalk, then walked in the direction of the sound until it was loud enough to make this recording. At times I could hear at least two at the same time, though there were probably more than that.
After this one went quiet, I walked further and heard one churring in a clump of trees close to the path. When I got close it stopped, and a minute or so later it flew out of the tallest of the trees, over my head and towards the woods. (This was at around 21:50.) A couple of minutes later another, or possibly the same one, came and started swooping around the trees in front of me, at times coming within a few metres. It was in silhouette, but I saw the falcon-like shape very clearly.
I stayed a while after this and got a few more brief views of them.

This is my 5000th observation! This was from a trip to Iceland with my dad over 10 years ago. The picture was probably taken by him, as I didn't have my own camera back then.
It was from a puffin watching tour. I couldn't remember exactly where except that it was near Reykjavik, but the building in the background of the uncropped image appears to be Engey lighthouse.

I'd been caught in torrential rain and had almost made it back to the car park when I heard a wild turtle dove. My camera had got wet and was barely working but I somehow managed to record video and some poor quality photos of what I thought was the bird I could hear.