GYR FALCON, Hakin, Sun 25th Jan

A couple in Hakin had an unusual bird in their garden on Sunday afternoon. They managed to get a couple of pictures, but as soon as it saw them it flew off. It was eating a pigeon. The pictures aren't perfect, but they have clearly captured a first-year white-phase Gyr Falcon! As unlikely as a Gyr in a garden might sound, theirs looks right over the Milford Haven waterway, so its quite easy to see how a Gyr, flying along the Haven, could easily be distracted by a feral pigeon....

Gyrs tend to be notoriously difficult to pin down (e.g. the bird at Stepper Point in Cornwall was only ever seen arriving at or leaving its roost, which was a cliff top quarry..). The more of us that make an effort to get out and look for it, the more likely we are to find it!!! It could easily be on the Haven somewhere, using the jetties etc.