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Symonds Yat - Raptors on the Rock

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  • Blog post: Practise

    This past week the young female has continued to improve on her flying skills, becoming ever more bold and attemping some 'grown up stuff'. The return of the sun in valley was met with both parents rising up on thermals to hunt. On two occasions the adults were hunting close enough to the...
  • Blog post: Fledging is close

    So, we have one chick and I am content with that. A few weeks back I had resigned myself to thinking that due to the late start to the breeding season for this pair, their apparent young age and distinct lack of obvious chick feeding, the eggs had not hatched. This was offset with the hope that the adults...
  • Blog post: Loadsa nature!

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  • Blog post: A New Start

    The fresh start to the Raptors on the Rock has felt the wind of change blowing over the Symonds Yat cliffs: We have a brand new pair of peregrines entertaining us this year. As I have often said to many of our visitors over the last week, it's a very peregrine-eat-peregrine world out there.........
  • Blog post: Are you fed up of Goshawks yet?

    We're not. We got more great views today including an attempt by a female to mug our female Peregrine of here well earned dinner. Raptors were everywhere today, with Six species seen throughout the day. Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Kestrel, Buzzard and a superb Hobby. We were really hoping for...
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