Wednesday 6th September

High cloud and sunshine this morning, quite warm. The river current was taking floating gulls downstream quite fast, and a flock of jackdaws was in the air. I arrived at the Peregrine watch at 9.10am and stayed for a quarter hour. A peregrine took off from the cliff below me just after I arrived, flew over to Leigh Woods and briefly circled around the woods, then flew back to the cliff. Quite a large bird, so probably female. I heard a young peregrine calling just after this.

Wednesday 30th August

9am start. At the Avon Gorge the tide was about half-way, with only a mild breeze onto the Downs. A really beautiful morning! At the Perigrine Watch a couple of magpies had invaded the jackdaw tree and were squabbling with the usual occupants; I don't usually see any magpies in the tree, crows yes. On the end of the Downs the usual flock of rooks and some gulls were prodding around. At the watch a peregrine flew rapidly into the cliff underneath (You need to stand right up against the cliff to see these birds since they fly in quite low to roost on the cliff). The next peregrine I saw (I don'nt think it was the same one, but it could have been, was on the other side of the gorge, ducking in and out of the tree tops. I guess he/she was trying to flush out some of the birds, usually pigeons, who sit in the tree tops. I have seen the peregrines do this before. This bird flew on down the gorge towards the Bristol suspensions bridge (Brunel's), where it seemed to be met by another peregrine - they chased each other and I lost sight of them.