Tuesday 6th March

There was more water lying on the roads around the Downs than I have ever seen before. Several crows were taking advantage of the large puddle to take a wash! At the peregrine watch a group of five to six magpies were arguing on a tree in the nearby woodland, some seagulls were doing a fair imitation of buzzards by soaring high in the sky, and a pair of buzzards were circling around high over towards the Suspension Bridge. They also seemed to be squabbling - or courting! I spotted one peregrine, a large bird, so probably a female, again high over the Suspension Bridge. She disappeared against the sun, so I lost her. It was/is a beautiful bright day with little wind and a spring warmth, the river was very full, the tide going out and with no mud visible.