Thursday August 14th

The heavy rain of the last two days kept me away from the Downs, where the gulls and corvus like the soft ground. There was a Peregrine over on the cliff just above the Raven's next, maybe another in a neighbouring birch. Over the river a couple of young Lesser Black Backed Gulls were swooping around in a hawk-like manner.

Sunday August 10th

This was a morning for sun, wind, rain and chases! The five Ravens chased a buzzard low over the woodland opposite Sea Walls, from the Peregrine Watch the six birds rose and fell over the edge of the trees by the river bend. As a small yacht went down river, a flock of gulls preceeded it, among these a Heron was chased by a Lesser Black Backed Gull. A Peregrine dived on a seagull, missed and went after a pigeon, it must have been a young bird, it made a mess of that as well! After the chase the Peregrine disappeared off towards Stoke Bishop, joined by another (young?) Peregrine. There was a Peregrine in the top of the Yew and another in the "Banana" Tree opposite, both visible from Sea Walls. Both Buzzards and Peregrines were flying high above the Gorge. Being a Sunday, many people were out on the Downs; I stayed for about an hour.