Bank Holiday Monday - pissing it down obviously! Actually, the rain wasn't that bad. It drizzled for much of the day, but got heavier as the day went on. With the south easterly winds, I hoped the weather might bring in some good birds, but a good passage ofhirundines, a few Lesser Whitethroats and a couple of Wheatears were the only thing that suggested a bit of migration. I headed off to Rush Hills Scrape to see what was going on there and had an enjoyable hour or so watching stuff come and go. The Great White Egret was still present, as were a single Wood Sandpiper briefly, two Garganey and small numbers of waders such as Ruff, Snipe, Turnstone, Greenshank and a flock of c20 Dunlin that flew around but didn't land.
The most entertaining part of the visit was when a Peregrine took out a Common Teal and ate it on the edge of the scrape. The teal put up a good fight, but there was only going to be one winner - the Peregrine.
Here's some photos and video of the Peregrine. It starts to get interesting after about 1 min and 10 seconds!
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