Nice to see this fabulous juvenile red-footed falcon showing well at Marton Mere today, made extra special because it was a Lancashire tick for me, bringing my Lancs total to 307. Also it was a plumage tick, I've never seen a juvenile before, anywhere.
It led us a bit of a merry dance for a while, it was meant to show well, but for the first couple of hours we only got a single fleeting glimpse of the bird, not at all tickable. After that we had a decent view of it flying quite close until just as we were about to leave it landed in it's favourite bush, about 50m away. The light was rubbish and it only stayed here for about a minute but at least we saw it well enough.
Also today five other species of raptor at the site, hobby, peregrine, kestrel, buzzard and sparrowhawk.
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