It seems like every year, after spending cash on better equipment, I get just slightly better photos of the Peregrines on Chichester Cathedral.

The first year, the pics I took were with a 3x zoom lens which just about captured enough information to identify the bird by shape. Last year the 10x zoom on my camera allowed me to see markings etc. This year the 10x zoom lens was beefed up with a 1.7x attachment, and you can just see the glint in the bird's eye, even if the pics are grainy and heavily cropped. Maybe next year I'll have a telescope attached to a camera, and get... well, just slightly better pictures.

Gabi's leaving do in the Nag's Head

This is my attempt at some solo birdwatching, which is to say, going out on a cold, windy day, take a lot of photographs, and hope that I can make them out when I'm back somewhere warm. A couple of short movies I took on the day didn't make the cut - I took them more to get the sounds of the Redshank warning calls, but all I got was the sound of the wind.

To cut to the chase, there's a lot of Redshank here, along with Dunlin, Oystercatcher, and Grey Plover. Oh, and the usual Mute Swan, gulls etc.

There should really be more photographs of this momentous occasion, but frankly I was pissed. But in the good way.

Photos and a few videos from the reception.

A jet doing stunts

The herring gulls that sat on the roof at work apparently did more than just sitting around...

The gulls I snapped on my way to work, which were sitting on roofs and street lights.

Checking back in on the peregrines a few months later.

The Red Arrows always display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and the area near work seemed to be their turning circle.