Tuesday, 7th August

My first ride in a week, though I came past the Peregrine watch last Friday on the way back from Temple Meads station. Today was fine with light clouds and a warm west wind. At Sea Walls a Heron was moving along the mud on the other side of the river, he kept back from the water so his shadow did not alarm anything in the water; he went into a position with his head down and beak pointing, striking something in the water. I saw a second strike and thought that there might have been a flash of a silver fish, but maybe it was his beak in the sunshine. Black Headed Gulls also lined the water edge, so there must be a good food supply in this muddy channel. At the Peregrine watch I spotted four buzzards circling over towards Horseshoe Bend; other birds were circling very high, probably seagulls, certainly not a flock of of buzzards! On the river mud opposite there were a lot of tracks, mostly gulls, but there could have been some larger deer tracks - a difficult call. No Peregrines this morning.