There’’s little to report since the last entry the birds make appearances from time to time so we are hopeful that the young ones have left the area to peregrinate.
We are now looking forward to next season.

We are not seeing many of the birds now generally only one is on the lookout tree or on the quarry face during the day so we think the season has been successful and the young ones are out and about exploring the world.

The birds are still around often we see one of the adults on the quarry face or in the lookout tree. The juveniles have not yet dispersed but are ranging the territory presumably in company with an adult honing their hunting skills in readiness for leaving the area.

Today was the last day of our visitor centre [shed]before it is taken down for the winter. We had a number of visitors revelling in the sunshine - the falcon and tiercel presented themselves one on the quarry face the other on the lookout tree until they found the sun too hot and retreated into the oaks. We also saw the male great spotted woodpecker plus a juvenile and a spotted flycatcher.
Reports will be spasmodic now that the young peregrines are so often out and about.

We are only getting occasional views of the birds from the viewing platform now. Maybe one bird in the lookout tree or perhaps one in the oaks. Often no bird is in view. Rather unrewarding at present and disappointing for visitors who have walked up the cycleway.

Sorry there’’s little to say. The birds seem to be often away from the quarry. Last weekend the watchers were told to their chagrin that two of the birds were active lower down the valley while they were watching nothing!
Today’’s rain did not help in identifying whether birds were around doubtless they were sheltering.

The rather warm [hot?]weather hasn”t helped our seeing the birds. From time to time one is spotted in the trees. Hunting is more of an early morning and late afternoon occupation and kills may be being eaten away from the quarry area

Sorry diary entries haven”t been forthcoming but there has been so little to report…… the rather too hot weather has meant that the birds seek shelter and have been hunting in the mornings and late afternoons. Last Thursday the tiercel was adopting the ‘’sentinel” position on the quarry face today one of the youngsters was perching on a high branch of the trees on the right hand side of the quarry doing nothing except for the occasional scratch/preen. None of the others were to be seen - probably hiding in the oaks.

The past few days haven”t been very noteworthy the youngsters are really getting their wings in operation - sometimes they are showing off by hassling the local crows. They are perching well back in the trees making our detection quite difficult. Their parents have commenced to pass prey to the young whilst in flight a dropped item of prey isn”t unusual!

We”ve had a couple of days watching a jay hassling whichever of the adult peregrines is on the quarry face. Have they upset the jay by taking one of its” young or perhaps its partner? Whatever the jay dive-bombs or jumps around within a few feet [say a metre] of the adult’’s head emitting enraged squawking then goes away for an hour [to recover?] before returning to continue the harassment. Funny!
Sorry but the webcam is out of action in part due to the lightning but again because the birds are flying so the camera can”t be trained upon them most of the time.