08.06.23:  High Leys quarry, Rowrah, Cumbria

Short walk out today as I’m getting over a chest infection, but the short trip was worth the effort. I visited High Leys Quarry to see what was about. A perfect sunny day and the site was full of Herring Gulls, Cormorants, Jackdaws and Carrion Crows as normal, but sitting on one of the high cliffs was a Peregrin Falcon. 

I only saw one and no evidence of a nest but it was using the cliffs to spy for prey, sadly for him though everytime he launched he was mobbed by the Jackdaws so I didnt see any successful hunting. On the walk out there was a couple of Curlews in the field, a Pied Wagtail and the obligatory fighting Chaffinches.

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