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Pictures Of The Ringing
Today’s ringing, a full gallery will be up tomorrow on the main website – www.ChichesterPeregrines.co.uk Pictures copyright to Luke Dray (LukeDrayWildlife.co.uk) Picture of The Girls courtesy of Graham Roberts
Three girls
Some of you may have noticed that the camera was not working for a while this evening, this was because it was turned off while our chicks were ringed. This year we have 3 females ring numbers 57, 58 and … Continue reading
Chick sex
Tomorrow is when we find out the sex of the chicks. As soon as we know we will let you guys know but for now we would love to hear what you think (comment below)! Here is a hint – … Continue reading
We are getting bigger!
Have you noticed how big our babies are now!! This morning Dad came in and started feeding the youngsters and then Mum arrived with lots of noise and took over. She obviously didn’t think he was doing it right!!
Webcam
Sorry we are having problems with the webcam and looking into it now.
‘Web’ cam!
Here you can see the reason why the picture is not all that good. We have our own lodger – a spider – and it has woven its web over the camera. The sunshine shows it quite clearly in this … Continue reading
Just Three this year.
A lot of you have been asking about the fourth egg. There is now no chance it will hatch so we have three this year. Often the eggs gets pushed to one side and is cracked, damaged and the shell … Continue reading
Bathed in sunshine
Here are our peregrine family this morning bathed in sunshine.
It’s pretty windy up here!!
Even though their nest is down in one of the turrets the wind is whipping around whoever is sitting on the chicks to keep them warm.
Still hopeful?
Mum and Dad are obviously still hoping the 4th egg will hatch. It is now 37 days since the last egg was laid and their normal incubation period is 28 – 33 so it looks like she is wishful thinking. … Continue reading