Fourteen strong flock of Cornish Chough

While waiting for Kestrel prey hand-overs pm yesterday Peter Tonkin and I had a surprise and very welcome fly-bye from fourteen Cornish Chough which appeared to be a union of three families

They split into family groups to forage the coastal rough grass fields with the un-rung orange billed juveniles still begging from the red billed and rung adults,

This particular family all tried to land on the same small granite pier which created a bit of a challenge for the noisy bunch and a very nice prop for photography.

The whole group eventually headed off back in the direction that they had come from proclaiming a success story for Cornish Chough and all those local people that helped with their recovery

North Coast Fledglings

On the North coast a pair of Black-back Gull chicks are coming along well considering the exposed rock that the parent birds have chosen to nest on.

In the same area Heron Gulls are also raising a fine looking pair of chicks.

A near fledged lone Peregrine tests its wings while calling out to one of the parent birds who responds by bringing some prey which the juvenile is keen to claim.

Birds of Prey Today

The above sequence montage of a female Peregrine take-off was formed from today' portfolio of images of various birds of prey photographed along the North coast of Cornwall,

The Juvenile Peregrine portrait below is of one of the bird above's three fledgling from last year and it was seen here today as it begged for an aerial prey hand-over from its mother which took evasive action and ignored its plea.

Other Birds of Prey seen today included the Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and Kestrel images posted below.