This afternoon was bright, warm and sunny, in contrast to the cool, wet morning. By tea time I'd had enough of being cooped up indoors and headed up Curlew Lane for Mere Sands Wood. Didn't see the juv Cuckoo that has been seen regularly from Marshall hide recently so I headed for the Rufford hide, where Kingfishers have apparently been showing well. No apparently about it - a lensman in the hide, who'd been there all day, told me that both male and female birds had been fishing in front of the hide for several hours. I managed to get a couple of shots of the male (above). If you want to see a real life Kingfisher (instead of my dodgy scoped pics) get yourself down to Rufford hide at Mere Sands Wood as soon as you can. You won't be disappointed!After the joy of Kingfisher I went to have a look at one of the local urban Peregrine hang outs (undisclosed I'm afraid). Great to see two fully fledged young flying around the place - one of them obligingly perched for a while (below). Magnificent birds that a making a great comeback. Let's hope it stays that way.
Juvenile Peregrine, undisclosed site North-west England
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