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Steart on Christmas Day

Happy Christmas Day!

2 Merlin (both female/immature type) - one perched on a Hawthorn tree and later a second falcon spent 45 minutes preening on a post (see photo at website link below) and then began hunting, apparently after Meadow Pipits and Skylarks.

7 Peregrine - an adult pair roosting on Fenning island, a male and female interacting quite high offshore, an adult pair hunting co-operatively off to the south and an adult female roosting on the ground for about 45 minutes. She then flew off, quickly captured a Teal from 100m away and returned to the same area to pluck and feed - see photo at website link below.

3 Kestrel (adult male and two female/immature types) - all hover-hunting.

8+ Common Buzzard - loafing around on posts and low tree perches.

Also:

20,000+ Dunlin
8,000+ Lapwing
3,500+ Golden Plover
2,000+ Starling
100+ Redshank
10+ Meadow Pipit
6+ Skylark
6+ Heron
6 Common Snipe
4 Little Egret
2 Raven
Carrion Crow
Mute Swan
Wigeon
Teal
No 'winter thrushes'!

8+ Roe Deer
1 Red Fox

NPW