Peregrines

Last night I went out to a site in Derbyshire where some friends of mine believe peregrines to be nesting. Due to the persecution of these birds, and the fact this place doesn’t seem openly known, I’m afraid I’m not going to divulge the site on an open blog, sorry!

Although it took us a while, we eventually got good views of a brilliant male speeding past, although there were no signs of a female or any nesting. We were also circled by a curious buzzard, and saw a kestrel, plenty of house martins, a few bullfinches, and a great spotted woodpecker.

One the way back we had a quick stop to look for roding woodcocks at Redmires, though we were possibly slightly early to see them. I’ll have to have pop back up there soon to have a look.