Wednesday, work in the city centre, between two busy main roads.
As you may be aware, we've a pair of peregrine on the exchange. From studying them, the male is a full grown adult, but the female is probably a first year adult, so it's looking unlikely they'll mate this year.
But, apart from them, there is a fair amount of wildlife on the grounds. We've nesting blackbirds, chiding goldfinch, and a great tit that spent several minutes studying me today.
My favourite, however, has to be the family of wrens. No sign of chicks, but the parents have been feeding in a shrub next to the entrance for a couple of weeks now. Pictures below.
Most interesting, is a pipestrelle bat, that against all conventional wisdom (due to ease of predation), prefers daylight flying. Not only did he circle my head, but took rest in a tree, and at one time, was little more than 2 foot above my head!