Glad to say he made it, picked up the little chap from South Essex Wildlife Hospital on Wednesday 20th, as ever they did a fantastic job and he looked a far cry from when he was found, he looked lively and his feathering was back to a nice colour.
Always good to see a bit of attitude on release, he flew and climbed quickly landing on a pylon, its one he always uses. Watched him for a while before he again flew west, he had fed well in the morning so presumed he was having a look at territory or looking for the female as 12 days had elapsed since Friday 8th.
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| Still with blood on his bill from morning feed. |
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| Pylon |
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| Off sightseeing |
Left him to it and had a look round site and came back a couple of hours later, briefly saw the female with him before he then started preening back on his favoured pipe.
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| Back on his favoured pipe preening |
A good result all round considering his condition on the 8th, I didn’t think he would make it.
nice one Dave
ReplyDeleteThanks, Hospital did most of the work, hopefully another brood from him next year.
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