James Henry on the Peregrine
For author James Henry seeing peregrine hunting waterfowl over the the Blackwater Estuary in Essex is a winter highlight.
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It was while watching peregrine falcons over the Blackwater estuary in Essex that gave author James Henry the idea for a fictional birdwatching detective. And it was a book, the Peregrine published in 1967 by J.A. Baker that got James interested in discovering these birds of prey himself. Although Baker never named the estuary where peregrines hunted over the winter months, James Henry reveals it is his local patch in East Anglia..
Producer : Andrew Dawes for BBC Audio on Bristol
Studio engineer : Suzy Robins
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- Sun 27 Oct 202408:58BBC Radio 4
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