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Webcam captures Peregrine eating Little Auk (www.birdguides.com)

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A webcam in landlocked Leicestershire has captured footage of a Little Auk being eaten by a Peregrine Falcon.

The alcid was seen in the clutches of the falcon at Leicester Cathedral at 3.10 pm on Monday 9 December, after a weekend that saw Storm Darragh batter Britain and Ireland with strong winds that produced a marked movement of Little Auks along the east coast.

Little Auk is a great rarity anywhere inland and the last record in Leicestershire was as long ago as 2007, according to the Leicester and Rutland Ornithological Society (LROS), who described the species as a 'rare vagrant to the county'. Prior to the 2007 bird, the previous occurrence was a decade previously in 1997.

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