Clearly my timing was off when I ventured out to Eyebrook yesterday because today was evidently the day to be there. Whooper Swans, an Avocet, two different Marsh Harriers and two Scaup entertained any birders present so it was a pity for me that I was not one of them! I chose to wander around Wicksteed Park in Ketrin instead and enjoyed a wonderful sunlit stroll with very little in the way of wildlife to distract me. Skylarks, Meadow Pipits and several Siskins passed overhead suggesting that migration was in progress while both Cetti's Warblers and Chiffchaffs were singing around the fishing lake. A single male Common Darter was the only insect on show and it wasn't long before I gave up and headed into town.
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| Great Crested Grebes and Moorhen |
Ketrin town centre of all places saved the day and that is not something that I ever expected to type but it was true, however unlikely that might seem. A check of the regular Peregrine site initially looked unpromising until an adult bird arrived and landed giving me a chance to grab a pic or two. Several minutes later it was joined by a vocal immature bird which I think was probably a female. The constant calling caught the attention of passers by and several stopped to look upwards. Eventually I began to get peckish so I wandered off in search of a full English breakfast, I certainly didn't envy the adult having to listen to the persistent cries of that very noisy youngster.
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| Peregrines |
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