Peregrine ends Jackdaw truce

Back on the 17th March I published a blog called Peregrine Behaviour and in it I highlighted a pair of Jackdaw that were not only nesting within close proximity to a Peregrine scrape but  they also seemed a little fool hardy in sharing the same perch points from time to time.

Well today I watched as the male Peregrine and one of the Jackdaw exited the cliff face simultaneously and several minutes later the male Peregrine returned with the Jackdaw......... But this time it was firmly locked into the Peregrine's lethal talons.

So the moral of the story is :

 Don't put to much faith in a Peregrine especially around Lunch Time !!

This final shot shows the Peregrine tucking into his kill with feathers flying everywhere.  But dont be to hard on the Peregrine,  They only take what they need to survive and you never see a fat one !!

Mating Kestrel

I worked the south coast from Porthleven to Rinsey early AM this morning looking for Peregrine and Adders before our forecast of snow arrived in west Cornwall,  No joy with either but I did catch sight of a male Kestrel with prey which it took into a cliff ledge at Trewavas head and was joined immediately by a female that took the prey and moved a few metres away to consume it,   The male moved closer up the cliff face towards me and settled down and a few minutes later the female flew up to a pinnacle even closer to me and called the male to mate  The male responded as soon as the female called and I captured the whole sequence and eighty nine sharp images in the prevailing good light levels,   Happy Days !!!

Its 1.30 PM and the snow is coming down quite heavily at the moment so out and about activities might be a bit curtailed tomorrow