Put-upon ravens harangued by the noisy neighbours

A friend, John Nichol, an avid birdwatcher whose present patch is the Old Head of Kinsale, had some unique sightings this week.

His email reads: “The ravens have been having a tough time. On Tuesday, they were attacked by a peregrine falcon, on Wednesday by black-backed gulls and on Thursday by both. I would have thought a male peregrine would be too small to take on a raven but it made a spectacular dive causing the raven to flip upside down in flight and fend it off with its claws.