Falcon v Gull

Unfortunately I couldn't see anything in the viewfinder because of the sun, so I couldn't zoom in on my subject. Rather, I had to point in the general direction, click and hope for the best.

Just visible in the lower centre is a falcon homing in on a gull.

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The falcon had come to my attention a few minutes earlier when the tables had been turned, and a larger gull had dropped in on the falcon from above and behind.

I watched for several minutes as the lone falcon played cat and mouse with the gulls. Although it appeared smaller than the gulls, I got the feeling that it probably had the upper hand. Apparently Falcon v Gull is not uncommon, and although I'm not certain I have a feeling that some falcons may have been introduced deliberately by the council to help to control the number of gulls in the city as they have been in Barcelona.