Five Young Peregrines Ready for the World!
The Avon Gorge Peregrines have five fledged youngsters this year, a record number for the Gorge nest. Chris Jones took this amazing nest edge 'photo.
This morning I was at the Watch for an hour and a half watching an unfolding saga. We managed to see at least four of the young birds, some of them on their nest, but at least one of them was over in the wood above the quarry. Three young birds could be seen on their nest edge from a cliff vantage point under an ash; the parents were over in the quarry, one on the cliff below the Raven nest, the other in a Whitebeam; a lone youngster remained for all the time, perched at the top of a dead tree spike, it was still there when I left. At one time a pair of Buzzards flew high overhead. Then one parent circled up and down the Gorge, high, high above in search of food, she did not swoop for a long time, then rapidly descended towards the Suspension Bridge, only to reappear, this time with her mate, perhaps a thousand feet above the river where they circled together. Even higher up there was a cormorant!
No comments:
Post a Comment