9th March 1990

Local Patch, South Wales

See previous entries for location description.


On the way to the cliff I saw Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Coal Tit and had good views of a Buzzard. I waited below the cliff for over an hour hoping to see the Peregrines again. I didn't see them then but I saw the Ravens going to their nest and watched a pair of Kestrels mating on a tree growing out of the cliff.

I started to walk up the hillside so that I could look over the cliff into the Ravens' nest. I looked back halfway up and saw the unmistakeable slaty-grey back of a Peregrine flying toward the cliff. It landed there and stayed for over an hour. I managed to look into the Ravens' nest but couldn't see if there was anything inside because the nest cup was too deep.