Our super raptor weekend began with a picnic watching an Osprey bathing in Bassenthwaite Lake. Next day in a magnificent lakeland valley with beautiful sunshine, we saw England's only Eagle with his lovely golden mane. On Sunday we completed the hat trick with plum scope views of a Peregrine, gripping her perch with huge yellow feet. Other stars included an entertaining Wood Warbler, a smart male Redstart, superb views of Red Squirrels and a pair of Spotted Flycatchers nesting right outside the conservatory windows of the fabulous Beckfoot Country House.