Its weeks since I last blogged here as you may know. There are many reasons for this, the main one is not wanting to give away any information relating to the breeding of Peregrine Falcons at the site  that I have a Schedule 1 Licence to photograph at.  Posting pictures of Peregrines during the breeding season, despite having the proper authority and licence from the UK Government, is always controversial.  I can understand why but sometimes people's concerns are, in my opinion, somewhat excessive and it has taken away a great deal of the enjoyment and satisfaction of achieving a good result both as a photographer and as someone who has a desire to educate oneself and learn by observation and record keeping. I have been accused of being egotistical for wanting people to look at my photographs, an egotist I am, but I don't get why posting the very best photographs that I can obtain should see me criticised? I was even told that I fitted the phrase  "A little knowledge is dangerous" and told that  by posting on my blog implied that I thought I knew it all?   am sure that there will be varied opinions on this, why do we like to take photographs and post them for others to see, interesting thoughts?   Never the less, this year the Peregrines were successful at the site and it has been an interesting and rewarding season for me, keeping a low profile has been very good for my state of mind. I have risen above it, the birds have done well and my conscience is very clear. I have kept an eye on the birds with my usual 100% care for their well being and safety.  Not once have they been disturbed or even aware of my presence.  I have observed lots of interesting examples of behaviour and filmed and photographed many new observations. I have witnessed everything from  incubation, day old chicks right through to fledging, feeding and now filmed an photographed the juvenile still in the territory and still learning to fend for itself. There has been a successful outcome which is very, very good news.  Here is a photograph that I took yesterday as the juvenile – I am confident that it is a female –  landed just in front of the hide with a very full bulging crop having just fed and remained there for a few minutes while, with very much care and quietness, ensuring that it had no inkling of me, I took a few photographs.  It was a magical and rewarding finale to a great breeding season (even though its not quite over yet.)