Sunday 5 March 2023

Raptorfest

Seven species of raptor on a tour of the LDV last weekend including this smart juvenile female Hen Harrier at Wheldrake which finally came close. Nice to see it interacting with a Red Kite too. There seems to be two HHs in the valley, with a juvenile male at North Duffield Carrs and this female up at the north end. 


My first Yorkshire Coast Nature tour of the season went well, with seven individual Goshawks seen, including a couple of distant perched birds. One of the adult females was very annoyed with a second calendar year female and gave her a load of hassle before chasing her off to the north. 




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