I was watching this beauty and his missus at the weekend as they mooched around their reeded pool not really doing much with intent. During one preening session though he got his eye on something and headed off with determination.
A Crow was the object of his ire and a tussle ensued although the Crow gave as good as he got. Amazing how folk taking in the country air can miss a lot of the action.
Further up the coast this juvenile Heron was hiding in amongst the reeds as every time he ventured out onto the main pond an adult set upon him. Lifes like that.......nowt but hassle.
Good post. It is interesting to see how relaxed supposedly rare and shy breeding birds are to humans who aren't shooting at them. For years people (who pay for state conservation) were discouraged from going anywhere near such species. I was told (by an embarrassed Civil Servant) of an incident where two innocent ramblers were verbally threatened at volume by an employee of a bird charity for being mobbed by a Peregrine they hadn't even registered was overhead!
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