Ness Point avian double homicide & wader gathering

WARNING! Pictures published below are GRUESOME showing the after effects of a Peregrine double strike don't scroll down on this post if you are of a sensitive nature or disposition!!!, only published to show the devastating after effects of a Peregrine strike, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! On Wednesday 24th March, a trip to Ness Point revealed initially 6 Purple Sandpipers feeding on the rocks by the compass, when a big group of Turnstones flew in, in 2 waves on the rocks, totally 66 Turnstones, the spooked the Purple Sandpipers and the 6 flew right and a further 5 flew in from the left, totalling 11 Purple Sandpipers in all. Out to sea, an immature Kittiwake flew onto the sea by the bouys and then flew south, a further 3 adult Kittiwakes flew south. Shortly, after I saw the first 6 Purple Sands, I then saw the rather gruesome sight of a beheaded male Pochard, its head ripped off its body and the decapitated head lying just 10 centimetres away. 10 metres to the right, the headless corpse of a Razorbill (the black upperparts and white "wing-clip" were diagnostic and telling them apart from the more chocolate brown- plumaged Guillemot) was lying there, sadly a double avian homicide scene! My initial thought was the culprit was surely a Peregrine. I can only assume both birds were caught flying out at sea nearby and brought to this spot to be despatched. Peregrines breed nearby and they have been seen very recently seen at Ness Point by both Andrew E and Rob Wil perched on the often inactive rotor blades of the large wind turbine, colloqually known as "Gulliver." This would give them an excellent aerial view of the whole area and the sea so they could easily spot potential prey flying past. I know there are people who study the diets of Peregrines so posting to add their scientific study. UPDATE: A male Pochard was seen by another birder resting on the defence rocks at Ness Point earlier in the day, so the Peregrine kill was probably midday or early afternoon.