The Peregrine is famous for its speed, reaching over 200 mph during its typical hunting stoop, making it the fastest animal in the world. According to a National Geographic program, the highest measured speed of a Peregrine Falcon was 242 mph (that is nearly as fast as the fastest road legal car!)
Female Peregrine Going Into a Stoop
You can now view the webcam directly from the blog. All you need to do is bookmark this post or click on the webcam page link on the right hand side.
I’m guessing mum will ay the third egg tonight. What are your thoughts?
Its a great view of the two eggs at the moment as nobody is sitting on them.
The Peregrines feed almost solely on medium-sized birds such as pigeons, waterfowl and waders. Globally, it is estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 bird species (around 1/5th of all species worldwide) are predated somewhere by peregrines. In urban areas, the main component of the Peregrine’s diet is the Feral Pigeon, which cover 80% or more of the diet. Other common city birds are also taken: Wood Pigeons, Swifts, and Starlings. Bats are rarely taken, but when they are, it is at dusk.
Mum with a feral pigeon.
Last night another egg was laid. We think about 10.30 ish.
The first picture was taken last night and we were sure this was another egg. This was confirmed this morning.
Egg 2 taken at 22.54 yesterday
Egg number 2 taken at 7.14 this morning
Everyday (or as often as we can), for the rest of the season, we will be putting a different fact up about peregrines. Today is the first one and I thought about the size of peregrines. Peregrine Falcons have reverse sexual dimorphism in size; this means that the Female is larger than the male, by up to 30%! In addition, the Males weigh just 580 – 750 grams, while females weigh 925 grames – 1.3 Kg.
The photo below, taken from our webcam, demonstrates this…
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The camera has been fixed, as you can see the quality is much better. Hopefully there will be sound by the end of next week.
I have just taken a call and the camera should be fixed tomorrow, which is great news as we may have sound and the video quality will be better.
