Sunday June 29th

The tide was low and a few Mallard, Black Headed, Herring and Black Backed Gulls were picking morsels! At first at the Peregrine Watch it was very quiet, eventually a lone Peregrine could be spotted high on the opposite quarry face on a feeding ledge, then another bird flew in, and another could be seen on a tree to the left of the quarry. Three birds, but was one an adult? Opinion seems to be that there are a minimum of three young Peregrines still around, and this was born out this morning by spotting a young female and two young males. About 9.30am a Sparrow Hawk appeared over the river, then two Buzzards, then one of the young female Peregrines (or was it an adult?) was seen buzzing the Buzzards! Three raptors around at the same time! When I left for breakfast just after 10am, the two young males were playing chase above the Downs, and one bird was still over on the quarry ledge.