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mobertol · 28-04-2012, 15:26

The following is a link to the Osprey webcam near Keswick - saw them from a viewpoint in the Lake District (Derwentwater) a couple of weeks ago. The Male of the couple hadn't yet returned and a young male was trying it on with the female by taking her gifts of fish on the day we were there!
ospreywatch - YouTube

Also visited the Lake District Bird of Prey Center on the Lowther Castle estate for a display of falconry -really interesting and impressive flying especially by the Gyr falcons.

Never realised that many birds of prey on the south coast were deliberately killed during WW1 and 2 as they hunted and killed carrier pigeons which were important means of communication back then (the falconer mentioned this during the display!)

28-04-2012, 15:26	#43
mobertol God Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Italy Posts: 4,419 Liked: 1866 times Rep Power: 26229	Re: Peregrine Falcon Web Cam! The following is a link to the Osprey webcam near Keswick - saw them from a viewpoint in the Lake District (Derwentwater) a couple of weeks ago. The Male of the couple hadn't yet returned and a young male was trying it on with the female by taking her gifts of fish on the day we were there! ospreywatch - YouTube Also visited the Lake District Bird of Prey Center on the Lowther Castle estate for a display of falconry -really interesting and impressive flying especially by the Gyr falcons. Never realised that many birds of prey on the south coast were deliberately killed during WW1 and 2 as they hunted and killed carrier pigeons which were important means of communication back then (the falconer mentioned this during the display!) __________________ “Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.” ~ D. H. Lawrence