The Chalk Quarry, Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth UK
PeterD-2009
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Sorry for not posting on here for a long time but I have been busy on other projects.
I took a trip to see how the Peregrine were getting on.
All seemed quiet with the exception of a pair of Kestrels hunting in the quarry.
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This was most unusual because the Peregrine chase off all predatory birds (including Buzzards) when setting up there breeding territory.
After about 2 hours, just before I had to leave, the Peregrine made themselves visible.
Just like the Chichester, West Sussex birds, this pair had laid eggs and the female was incubating them, hunkering down and out of sight, on the ledge at the old nest site. They re-occupied this site as last year they used a more precarious site for the chicks resulting in the loss of one which fell down the cliff face
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As is normal practise during this time, the male had been away hunting before it took over incubating the eggs.
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All looks well in the quarry.
Best wishes
Peter
I took a trip to see how the Peregrine were getting on.
All seemed quiet with the exception of a pair of Kestrels hunting in the quarry.
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
This was most unusual because the Peregrine chase off all predatory birds (including Buzzards) when setting up there breeding territory.
After about 2 hours, just before I had to leave, the Peregrine made themselves visible.
Just like the Chichester, West Sussex birds, this pair had laid eggs and the female was incubating them, hunkering down and out of sight, on the ledge at the old nest site. They re-occupied this site as last year they used a more precarious site for the chicks resulting in the loss of one which fell down the cliff face
.As is normal practise during this time, the male had been away hunting before it took over incubating the eggs.
#6
#7
#8
All looks well in the quarry.
Best wishes
Peter
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