Gann - Shelduck and Peregrine

Pretty quiet as you might expect but there were 10 well grown shelduck with one adult - if these are the remainder of the original 13 then that's a pretty good survival rate. We had some entertainment from a juvenile peregrine who obviously fancied BH Gull for breakfast - he was flying up and down the river diving on the resting gulls trying to get them into the air. They did fly up, but only about a foot off the water and the peregrine was obviously not prepared to attack them at that height presumably for fear of getting wet. He tried a number of times but with no success. Last time we saw him he was being a bit over-ambitious and having a go at a Herring Gull!

Also 1 whimbrel, a few Redshanks and 2 GC Grebes in the bay.

Rosemary