Adrian Dancy
Peregrine Falcon (male) Manchester 2013
In 2007 a new male peregrine falcon came onto territory in Manchester and remained until 2016 when it was found trapped in a building where works were being carried out. The bird was taken into care and found to be much under weight but without any apparent injuries. It was released on the 24th March 2016 and I saw the bird a couple of times in the space of about a week. I hoped that it would be fit enough and in condition to mate. Sadly it wasn't to be and one of the male chicks from 2015 took over. The male from 2015 had never really left territory so there is a good chance that it was killed or driven off by the new male. The male in the image above was a crap dad in the first year: the laziest good for nothing bird I have ever seen but after the first year he was a superb dad and a gallant protector and provider for his chicks and has helped produce many chicks in his reign. I like to think he is alive but the reality check in me presumes him to be gone and now only a memory. I did a bit of work with filters to show him as in a dream.
Peregrine Falcon (male) Manchester 2013
In 2007 a new male peregrine falcon came onto territory in Manchester and remained until 2016 when it was found trapped in a building where works were being carried out. The bird was taken into care and found to be much under weight but without any apparent injuries. It was released on the 24th March 2016 and I saw the bird a couple of times in the space of about a week. I hoped that it would be fit enough and in condition to mate. Sadly it wasn't to be and one of the male chicks from 2015 took over. The male from 2015 had never really left territory so there is a good chance that it was killed or driven off by the new male. The male in the image above was a crap dad in the first year: the laziest good for nothing bird I have ever seen but after the first year he was a superb dad and a gallant protector and provider for his chicks and has helped produce many chicks in his reign. I like to think he is alive but the reality check in me presumes him to be gone and now only a memory. I did a bit of work with filters to show him as in a dream.