Bird's On Camera !!!

Now I have most blue blooded males reading this and it's probably not to everyone's taste, but over in Woking close to home is the site of a pair of Peregrine Falcon's.
I've watched them for the past couple of years, lay their eggs and raise their chicks until they fledge.
There's been some very comical moments and also a few sadder one's, but fascinating never the less.
There have been Peregrine's nesting in the town centre for a number of years and thanks to modern technology it's now something we can all enjoy.

Anyway, for those that may be interested here's the link..... http://woking-shopping.co.uk/entertainment/falcons/

Hope you enjoy taking a look.

Brian......aka TBB.

 

These two are smack bang in the middle of town, it was kept a bit of a secret for a number of years for obvious reasons.
I live as the crow flies, no pun intended, less than a 1k from the town centre and to the north west, and directly at the back of my place are around 10/15 acres of football pitches and hockey pitches and we almost daily have Red Kites and Buzzards soring and calling to each other.
This has become the norm over the past few years, the Kites in particular fly very low at times on the hunt, it's quite surprising how large they actually are.

I was told a few years ago by an old gamekeeper that the Kites have slowly made their way up from Wales using the M4 corridor to hunt along, quite feasible I suppose, although I can't somehow see them thumbing a lift

Still enough waffle from me.

 

Fantastic shots

 

I've watched these for a number of years now.
Lady, reputed to be the oldest breeding Osprey reached an estimated age of 24/25 years or so.
I think it was the year before last that she never return to the nest site sadly, so must have finally succumbed to old age.
They also operate a tracking programme where they attach a small transmitter the young birds, you can then watch their journey down to Senegal

This is worth a look.....http://www.gigrin.co.uk/