Fledging Update

Tuesday's misty,  rainy start gave way to a really lovely sunny afternoon.  

Over at Ashway Gap there was no sign of our last two young Peregrines on the nest ledge,  meaning they fledged either earlier on Tuesday or possibly on Monday.  A Pied Wagtail was making the most of the empty ledge. From where I was standing I could hear Curlews calling but there was no sign of the Peregrines on the crag. 

I didn't have to wait long though until I heard them calling and I was able to watch what was a really exciting and at times quite beautiful aerial display in which  two of the Peregrines ( possibly one of the young birds and an adult ) went into short stoops and flew around each other and at times in parallel to each other in perfect synchronicity.  That's going to stay with me for quite some time.     

Sad news from the Manchester Peregrines with one of the birds being found dead,  killed through,  we suspect,  flying into a window.