Chas Moonie, one of this year’s volunteers for Project Peregrine, shares his highlights of the year with the Falls of Clyde team!

“Photographing the number one Raptor at close range was a dream come true, and just watching the nesting pair as they reared their young was an unforgettable privilege which will stay with me forever. I dreamt of that close range shot which was never quite close enough (they never are!), and on my final day in the final minutes as a volunteer I looked at my watch…3.05, come on Tom, you are late…I need to go!

Thank goodness Tom was held up or I would have missed that dream encounter, and as he appeared above the Peregrine watch hut I heard the Tiercel screaming above the gorge, two youngsters in hot pursuit.  The Tiercel dropped his prey (starling) and one of the eyasses grabbed the food mid-air. To my amazement both of them landed 10 feet away on the fence, so close I had to move back to fit one of them in the camera frame, my dream shot had come true!”