mixed emotions

[ray55]

Well...what a wierd day yesterday was....On my way to work I saw a dead juvenile buzzard on the road...it appeared to have been hit by a car while feeding on roadkill. It was an awful thing to see, but later in the day I was walking along the Hayling Island coastal path and watched a pair of Peregrines hunting (Rather successfully, I might add!!) over Langstone harbour. Quite spectacular!!!..It was the first time I had actually seen a Peregrine hunting and I have to say I was enthralled by it. I suppose the downside was that the poor juvenile gulls didn't stand a chance. Mother Nature is an amazing woman isn't she..if a little brutal sometimes!!

[Morph]

Know what you mean, the wife and I visited Arne RSPB recently and stayed to see the Nigthjars. As we crossed a paddock on the way to the Heath we startled some Rabbits which scampered across the field to what they thought was the safety of the hedge where a Fox pounced out and grabbed one. Great spectacle but we also feel somewhat guilty that we sort of sent the rabbit to its doom.

[AndrewB]

I happened to glance out of my kitchen window a couple of weeks ago to see a sparrowhawk sitting on the lawn. I was quite shocked as I live in a large village close to a busy road. Ran off to grab the camera but by the time I got back it had flown off. I have had a family of great tits visiting the feeders every day, but when I inspected there was a little pile of blue-grey feathers.

I'm glad I didnt witness the actual kill, but at least it doesnt seem to have put the others off. The remaining four still come every day and the little ones are now feeding themselves.