Well..... What can I say!
First thing I saw when I arrived at the viewpoint this morning was a food pass by our peregrines. As if that wasn't enough our fledgling goshawks have been trying their hand (or wing) at hunting. We spent most of the afternoon showing people goshawks perched, flying, and chasing each other, pretty much everything except doing back flips. Well, as one point they almost did!
One juvenile was obviously hungry and had a really go at catching a woodpigeon. There were a couple of pigeons enjoying themselves in the rain at the top of a conifer until a female goshawk decided they were on the menu. The youngster has obviously been watching our peregrines hunting as she did a superb stoop straight towards the unsuspecting woodpigeons. Luckily for the pigeons she missed them but it was a really good effort, 10 out of 10!
Also we discovered that there are actually three young goshawks which is a really good number for the a pair to fledge. At one point they were all in the air together along with an adult perched in a nearby tree keeping an eye on their antics.
Hopefully they will keep showing like this for the next few weeks, so come and have a look ASAP!