More Peregrine Behaviour

    A female Peregrine checks out the possibility of using an old Raven nest for this years brood in the image above.   The pair are very active with mating and the male appears to be a good prey provider

     In the image above taken after mating the female is harassing the male to go hunting again and the shot below shows him off to do just that.

Peregrine mating sequence

   

I spent this morning working with a pair of Peregrine on the south coast of Cornwall,  I was looking for mating behaviour shots and for several hours I was treated to aerial displays and even a prey handovers,

Things were looking good for mating at one stag with the pair quite close and the female calling in a submissive posture but then along came the rain and both birds took cover at different locations on the cliffs,

I was running out of time for a medical appointment which was getting a bit tight when with improved weather the female returned calling the male who flew in directly behind her to respond immediately and I was treated to a front facing mating display of which I took the whole sequence clicking up fifty two images before along with the male Peregrine I made a swift exit, 

At 150m distance this mating sequence was a bit of a stretch to achieve top quality images but these sort of shots are no 'Gimmy '  and the birds are notoriously difficult with regards to working distance tolorance so you have to work within a distance that they accept on any given day.