Crows often menace birds of prey larger than themselves to try to drive them out of a territory whivh both birds claim.
This carrion crow and buzzard both live in or near the Smestow Valley Nature Reserve, and were re-enacting a scene I regularly see wheh I am walking across the Barley Field section of the reserve. Most of the pictures I take show silhouettes or blurs, but this time both birds came out clearly, even showing the pattern on the underside of the buzzard’s wings.
The buzzard is one of a pair which often fly together. This was the larger one: the female.