Adrian Dancy
9P1A3585 Dipper (juvenile)
1125.07.10.21
Another posing young dipper. The rock that the bird is perching on is inside but close to the opening of a small bridge. In the background there are three culverts discharging water from a small stream which feeds the river Irwell. Three Dippers fledged but on the following day I only ever saw one bird. A magpie investigated the river bank on a daily basis and occasionally I saw a sparrowhawk hunting the river's edge. I can only presume that the fledglings fell victim to the hunting birds.
9P1A3585 Dipper (juvenile)
1125.07.10.21
Another posing young dipper. The rock that the bird is perching on is inside but close to the opening of a small bridge. In the background there are three culverts discharging water from a small stream which feeds the river Irwell. Three Dippers fledged but on the following day I only ever saw one bird. A magpie investigated the river bank on a daily basis and occasionally I saw a sparrowhawk hunting the river's edge. I can only presume that the fledglings fell victim to the hunting birds.