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Ok, here's a couple of peregrine shots. This dishevelled looking raptor shot through a couple of times causing mayhem on the cliffs

The amazing weather of last week continued into the early part of this week and with it the interesting sightings continued to flow. The weekend saw a huge influx of Swifts over the Avalon Marshes, with 1000's seen and there were several hundred flying over the reserve today as well along with...

Here's the full bird list for Ham Wall for April 2013: Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine, Hen Harrier, Red Kite, Osprey, Hobby, Bittern, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Cranes, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, White Fronted...

Another great week nearly over, with once again plenty to report. The wonderful weather and the amazing variety of birds on show at Ham Wall & Shapwick Heath has proved to be a big draw for visitors and we have been very busy all week. The new car park for Ham Wall (work should begin in August) can't...

On Sunday we had our first record for this year of Common Redstart , that's a new one for the 2013 Dove Stone Birdlist , which brings our species total up to 63 for this year. There were also some very good views of the Peregrines at the weekend. No signs of Redstart this morning but I did...

Here's the latest from Dove Stone. Good additions to our reserve 2013 birdlist with Mealy Redpoll (59) being seen earlier in the week up at Binn Green. In terms of id, Mealy Redpoll are larger and paler than Lesser Redpoll. Today we've had Whinchat (60) in the Chew Road/Chew Brook area. Whinchat...

A belated hello from me - the new Community Liaison Officer here at the beautiful Mull of Galloway. I am indeed living the dream, having spent the last couple of years working towards a career in conservation with the RSPB. My quest has taken me from Oxfordshire to Scotland, via Rathlin Island, Coombes...

Sightings of Willow Warbler and Swallow at Dove Stone today, bringing our Dove Stone Birdlist for 2013 up to 58 . Last year's Swallow's arrived a full week earlier, on April 12th. Up at Binn Green today I saw a female Brambling , quite late really. Last year we had a record of Brambling at the...

Latest sightings from Dove Stone. On Saturday there was a Common Tern flying over Yeoman Hey ( one of the ide features for Common Tern is a black tip on the bill; though not particularly distinct in this photo ) from the direction of Greenfield Brook towards Dove Stone reservoir. Great to see, it will...

Firstly, please accept my apologies for the missing blog last Friday, I was away from work for the whole week, so this week we have a bit of catching up to do. Overview of last week (30th Mar-5th April) Sand Martins and Swallows continued to arrive on the reserve and were greeted by some quite...

A female have a snack of Snipe for lunch at the Brooks

Myself and the family had a pleasant stroll on sunday, from what started out a bit wet with a dash to ken barrett to shelter we then saw a few good birds. The most exciting was the peregrine. Having only seen one previously at Rainham which was quite a long way up, it was a shock as we approached the...

Last week, during a particularly high tide, we saw a Pergrine take an Oystercatcher from the hundreds at the high water roost. It landed on the merse to eat it's kill and was promptly mobbed by crows and a Curlew. Due to the size of the Oystercatcher it was unable to take it's prey away so was...

Lodmoor, 26-Feb-12. I saw the Peregrine take the pigeon above the Melcombe (west) path and struggle to subdue it for a few seconds. Then - Glory Be! - it circled back towards the path, gaining height. The activity attracted the attention of the 2-cy female Marsh Harrier but the Peregrine easily outpaced...

Talk about skeletons in the cupboard wish I had a broom could get rid of all these old bones and feathers.

One of two over the west pond this morning chasing after the large flock of Golden Plover.

Hello All, We had a good march around the reserve on Saturday. First is a record shot of a colour-ringed Spoonbill as mentioned in Gordon's blog Grey Heron Sky Lark Meadow Pipit Green Sandpiper Ruff Reed Warbler Peregrine And finally...

I was down at Capel Fleet yesterday and took some photos that im having trouble identifying. I have not seen Marsh Harriers on the wires before and this bird was also chasing small birds above the cornfields very fast and with great agility where i thought it maybe a peregrine, however it seemed too...

At 12.55pm on Friday 19th May 2011, my wife and I were startled by a commotion amongst the many avocets on Marshland. A bird of prey flashed by and I grabbed a quick shot as it passed in front of the hide. Upon viewing the image we saw that it was a peregrine which had grabbed one of the avocet chicks...

Found it! Must have been so well camouflaged I didn't notice the entrance or even the car park!! Well, I did phone the Belfast HQ first, and they said it was opposite the Emo Oil entrance, which helped! We had a very nice welcome, coffee was offered, but we had just had some in B&Q (our regular...

I had a lovely day at Elmley on a gloomy day (weather wise) and below are a few photos of interest. A Barn Owl in full flow Barn Owl focused. A Barn Owl having another look. A Pipit A Pipit on the move. A Peregrine taking time out. And finally some Canada Geese...

This Peregrine was harrassing the waders from Tower Pool Hide on Saturday 28th August. It was going so fast that the photo quality wasn't the best, but I am still quite glad to have captured this magnificent species on camera!

Thought I'd just add a posting following on from yesterdays blog with an update that four Peregrines were seen at Dove Stone on Wednesday night at about 9pm - great views from what I hear. Anyone else seen them in the evenings recently ?

Thought I'd just add a posting following on from yesterdays blog with an update that the four Peregrines were seen at Dove Stone on Wednesday night at about 9pm - great views from what I hear. Anyone else seen them in the evenings recently ?

This was the female peregrin at Warton, earlier this year.

This is the cliff - but where are the peregrines?