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Sunday, 10 November 2013

Harrington Merlin

This morning I decided to have a look at Harrington Airfield in the hope I'd come across the Merlin seen there frequently recently.
Birds were rather thin on the ground just initially just 2 Red Kites and a Buzzard over.
















I then heard a rather distressed squeal from a Skylark and turned around to see the silhouette of a Merlin with Skylark in talons. After initially losing it in the sun I watched it cruise away off towards the shooting wall. Fantastic! I then got a call from Dave to say he had a Clouded Yellow at Grange Park...
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