Monday 24th March

I visited Ashton Court with Joanna, Chris, Caroline and Tom and the children. Without the cars on most of the driveways, it is much improved, but parking on the road passing the front of the house should be stopped. Weren't the sequoia trees removed 'to improve the view of the house'! On the way, and just after the Suspension Bridge I passed a Buzzard, wheeling low above the houses. Afterwards, on the way home, I visited the Peregrine Watch, the Peregrines were perched over in the oaks, but were moving around among the branches. I saw them once flying nearby. The ravens are busy on their nest.

Monday, Wednesday 17th 19th March

My visits to the Peregrine Watch and the Downs have been less frequent during the last week - partly weather (cold, rainy and windy), also because I needed to give my allotment a dose of manure! On Sunday 16th I walked past the Peregrine Watch, and saw one of the birds fly by under the cliff, the same happened several times on Wednesday (afternoon). As usual the sighting of the bird takes less than a few seconds as the glide past underneath the cliff. Economical flight! They never seem to move their wings when they pass. Monday was notable as a very high tide, so the water was nearly onto the cycle path. There was also an almost total lack of birds, on the water or in the air. Othertimes the Jackdaws are very active, landing in large groups in and around the Jackdaw Tree, then taking off and flying noisily about the Gorge.