Sunday June 21st

The Portway was closed for the the 16th Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride. From Black Rocks all that could be heard was the swish of bicycle tyres! I stayed to watch for the Kestrels, and was rewarded with two visits from the female. The cliff around the nest has white dropping stains, so there must be young in the nest. At the top of Walcombe Slade I surprised a Green Woodpecker, its yellow rump disappeared rapidly across the Slade into an ash tree. The Peregrine Watch had a large group of birders with a telescopes and a tent - avoided them and went along the cliff path for a little way, from which vantage point I could see a Peregrine sitting on the Raven's nest. All in all a very pleasant ride.