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Yesterday, I saw both adults sitting peacefully in the sunshine on the east side of the cathedral, dad in his usual spot high on the spire, and mum on the central blind window below him. I haven’t seen any of … Continue reading →

I only saw dad on his own for several days, then last week I saw one of the juvenile females with him a few days in a row, so on Saturday I decided to take my telescope down to look … Continue reading →

I was excited to see both parents and two of the youngsters in sunlight this evening.  Seems like a very long time since that happened.  Recently I’ve seen both adults, but rarely a juvenile, and they’ve tended to sit in … Continue reading →

The last week has been very quiet at the cathedral.  A few times I’ve seen one or both parents during the day, but none of the juveniles until late evening.  Today, however, I was watching mum and dad while they … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon I walked around the cathedral to find nothing again.  After 10 minutes both parents returned from the north, making a lot of noise, one of them carrying prey into the NW turret – their favoured ‘dining room’ this … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon, dad was sitting in his favourite spot high on the spire, and mum flew in, landing on the base of a pinnacle.  She looked worried and very alert.  She kept peeking around the pinnacle as though looking for … Continue reading →

Yesterday I popped by for half an hour early evening, and saw precisely nothing.  Not a single peregrine, not even dad.  So, today I didn’t bother with the afternoon or evening, and decided to catch them at bedtime.  I arrived … Continue reading →

Again we waited for a couple of hours or so in vain for the peregrines to give us a show.  Dad sat in view for a long while, and did show off with a short bit of fancy flying.  However, … Continue reading →

We hung around for a good 3 hours or so this evening, and saw virtually nothing.  Dad was sitting high on the spire.  Two of the juveniles made a couple of brief appearances, one (no. 36) carrying a small meal into … Continue reading →

Yesterday evening was very warm again.  The peregrines all flew around periodically, sometimes swooping, grappling and playing.  Mostly they sat in the shade, or with their backs to the sun. Mum brought in a small meal at one point – … Continue reading →