It doesn't get much better than this, a really exciting couple of hours….wildlife watching and photography at it's very, very best. The 3 chicks are progressing well. The falcon fed all 3 chicks very diligently starting with the oldest first and then carefully making sure that the 3rd and smallest was fed well.  Surprisingly for such seemingly aggresive birds it is not a free for all on the nest ledge.  After the feeding, which took 10 minutes or so, the falcon picked up the remains of the kill and left the nest ledge, returning a few minutes later to brood the chicks. They are now 7 and 5 days old.  Yesterday  they had fed on a Great-spotted Woodpecker and the re was evidence of that around he eyrie with feathers of this species really noticeable but it was impossible to say what tis evenings kill was except to say that it was considerably larger than a woodpecker.

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