I was getting frustrated again this morning when I arrived at Canons and the sky seemed once again dead but then Fieldfares started to move. Around 305 Fieldfares passed west over the farm over the day. While counting Fieldfares, I noticed the Starlings, feral Rock Doves and Black-headed Gulls on the west side suddenly get up and go high - this would be an odd reaction to a Sparrowhawk and I wondered if there might be a 'Peg' about - sure enough a magnificent adult female
Peregrine zoomed past before landing in Lunch Wood, where I got distant scope views of it for a couple of minutes before it once again flew and ended up closely passing me as it departed south west. Woohoo! Peregrine is a scarce bird at Canons and a good year tick to get in January. Two
Little Owls showed well at Lambert's Shaw, a
Grey Heron flew over and one of the wintering
Common Buzzards showed at Death Pit.
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| Peregrine over Quail Field |
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| Peregrine at Lunch Wood |
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| Little Owls at Lambert's Shaw - first two photos are one bird and the bottom pic is its mate |
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| Common Buzzard at Death Pit |
