Wednesday: There was a large (100-ish) flock of Starlings on the Downland beside Saville Road, and the Jackdaw flock was on the grassland beside Circular Road. Not surprising in view of the wind coming up from Avonmouth, it would have been brave Jackdaw that tried to perch in the eponymous tree! I 'think' I could see two Peregrines hiding behind the branches of the oak.
Thursday: Calm, light winds, with high cloud. A Cormorant flew over Circular Road as I came up to Sea Walls, this time there was enough mud for a few Redshank. The tide was coming in; a man with a lurcher dog was examining a little red kayak that had come up river with the storm, I noticed it yesterday. In the oak two Peregrines sat, one a couple of metres above the other, the lower one with a grey back to me, the other with a white chest and black mask. The lower one turned around, and since she looked larger, this was the female. Courting time and Magpies, Jackdaws, Rooks and Crows appear in pairs.
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