A late report from Sunday 21 Nov 10. A juvenile Peregrine stooped on a small flock of Dunlin flying up the Haven at Pembroke Dock. The flock scattered, but one Dunlin was driven down into the water. In the half-second that it took for it to recover, the flock had moved on and the Peregrine stooped again, again driving the Dunlin into the water. The stooping persisted for over a minute until the waterlogged Dunlin could no longer fly and the Peregrine was able to hover, grab the wader and fly off with it, still struggling, towards the LNG Plant. The Peregrine appeared well-practised in this method of hunting so perhaps it works the Haven for such opportunities.
Additionally, one, possibly two, Spotted Redshank were seen flying up the Haven towards the Irish Ferry terminal.
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