A really good day for Peregrines: walking along the Mere this morning a female swooped over my head, chasing another bird (I could not see the target). Shortly afterwards, another bird, with far stronger head markings, and looking remarkably black and white at a distance, was sitting in one of the ploughed Trehill Farm fields, possibly on a Skylark.
On the Mere, the most numerous duck I could make out in the wind were Wigeon; a female Tufted Duck was a nice surprise.
On the Trehill fields, c.500 Lapwings, and 30+ Golden Plover over. Plus a single Snipe.
This afternoon, walking from Hook to Little Milford, a large immature Peregrine, hunting lazily along the woodline above the western bank of the Cleddau. On the river itself, a Little Egret, 47 Teal, 50-60 Wigeon, and a Spotted Redshank that flew across the river, calling, and then swam around for a while.