At the nest this evening it was good to see the male working like a demon collecting food for his  4 chicks. What struck me was not only how efficient and skilled he was at finding food, but how much available insect life there must be. I kept a really accurate record of the time between visits to the nest.  In  41 minutes  from 18.11 to18.51, the male visted a total of 10 times.   I have to confess that this level of feeding far exceeded what I expected. The prey being fed is larger than I expected and seems to be mainly Mayfly as I expected it would be.

 

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Here the male (on the left)  displays with a mouthfull of insects, to the female who had just left the nest coincidentally as he had arrived to feed their chicks.

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The male about to fly up with food for the chicks.

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