Like a lot of birds of prey, I've seen these flying up high well before I've had the chance to photograph them up close. As it happens I saw one on my first photography trip to Spain (Valencia), so it was a special delight to have the opportunity to take their picture on my second Spanish photography trip (Extremadura). The location was a stunning acorn grove - you know those tasty acorn fed pigs than Spain is so famous for? Yep, those acorns. As well as the oak trees there was a stunning carpet of buttercups. The eagle came in very low and very very fast, much more like a Goshawk than a typical eagle. It was also extremely nervous and spent a good 10 minutes looking around before starting to feed.