Newcastle Peregrines.

I wonder if the birds will feature on Springwatch next week as Megan is being based on Tyneside

Wow, how on earth did you manage to catch up with them for those shots Bob. Plenty of food being delivered too, yes I wonder if Springwatch will feature them next week. They won't get better pics than those anyway.

gaynorsl said:

Wow, how on earth did you manage to catch up with them for those shots Bob. Plenty of food being delivered too, yes I wonder if Springwatch will feature them next week. They won't get better pics than those anyway.

I've not watched Spring/Autumnetc watch since Mr Packham visited the baited Sparrowhawk hide and raved about it.

Absolutely great pictures. I love the in-flight pics. great job. :-)

Ed

gaynorsl said:

O'h dear, I missed that, well I suppose in order to get the shots they sometimes have to bait the various places, the birds won't be complaining with easy food available so some good comes of it anyway.

In the documentary sense, it might be considered necessary to bait to get some pictures for a one off particularly scarce species or to show a particular activity but is it necessary to use a commercial venture that is baiting and habituating on a day to day basis and then to basically advertise that venture ? Its not as if Sparrowhawks are particularly rare. And even if you do bait to attract is it necessary to nail the bait down so that the Sparrowhawk (other bird of prey) can't take the bait away when it knows it is being watched/photographed but clearly wants to.