\n Daily Echo Camera Club member John Scamell managed to catch a peregrine falcon on camera near Beaulieu as it zipped past above his head.\n<\/p>\n
\n Based on top speed, peregrine falcons are the fastest member of the animal kingdom, and the bird almost looked like it was giving John some side eye while flying past.\n<\/p>\n
\n The falcons can reach top speeds of more than 200 miles per hour when diving, though it seems to be holding a steady height in John’s photo.\n<\/p>\n
\n The lightning fast bird is the UK’s biggest falcon, and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust says the bird can be easily identified through its white throat and cheeks.\n<\/p>\n
\n The species also has a very distinct black mask and moustache, with a dark slate-grey colour on its body and a white underbelly.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peregrine falcons typically nest on rocky areas or sea cliffs, though they have also used tall buildings as an alternative home.\n<\/p>\n
\n While the falcon pictured by John was not diving, it is not unusual for peregrines to swoop in to eat ducks, rabbits or bats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Echo Camera Club member John Scamell managed to catch a peregrine falcon on camera near Beaulieu as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-248082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}