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| Cruising overhead, scouting for lunch |
We're lucky to have a pair of Peregrines breeding locally, which can often be seen over the town or along the coast in pursuit of prey; a couple of days ago whilst surveying from the clifftop, I had the camera to hand while the drama unfolded.... (as ever, click on photos to enlarge)
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| Having found a target, the vertical stoop begins.... |
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| Bulleting into the bay, with Speeton Cliffs as a backdrop |
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| A change of speed and direction as it reached the beach below, and into a horizontal final approach... |
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| Narrowly avoiding various holidaymakers, and almost within reach of the target, a summer plumage Dunlin... |
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| Within centimetres and seemingly game over.... |
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| But the Dunlin (the smudge, above) makes a miraculous escape at the last..... |
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| .....and the Peregrine is forced to consider alternative options |
