I was very interested in the article about the rare buzzard that has been attracting attention in Lewes (The Argus, January 16).

Several months ago, I noticed a large bird perched on a nearby roof. It was the largest bird I had seen in the wild and I guessed it was a bird of prey, owing to its hooked beak. It had mottled, light brown plumage and feathered legs.

It remained motionless for at least ten minutes, then suddenly took off in a northerly direction across open fields. I then saw it was holding a small black bird, possibly a young crow, in its talons.

As I had never seen a bird like this before, I looked in a bird book to see if I could identify it.

It certainly did look like a buzzard and there was mention of only one with feathered legs and that is the rough-legged buzzard (bules legopus legopus).

Could this have been your elusive bird? After all, it's not that far from Portslade to Lewes - as the crow flies, of course.

-Joy Walker, Graham Avenue, Portslade