Sunday 24th February

Around the Downs the wind seemed to attack me from every angle, but at Sea Walls and the Peregrine Watch everything was quite calm; a big contrast to the last few journeys. The tide was high and just starting to go down, so there were no 'mud birds' that I could see. A Sparrow Hawk flew over opposite the Peregrine Watch, and the Peregrine couple arrived around 11.30am and perched over in the oak tree, sitting much closer to each other than I have seen until now. The larger female was side on to us, the male showed his white front. Around the Peregrine Watch the Jackdaws gave a fine display of unison flight!