Chichester Peregrine Blog

If you can not see the Chicks on the webcam do not panic they are growing fast and going walk about in their turret they are perfectly safe. It is very hard to imagine but the turret space has a large floor area for the youngster’s to explore a part of which is out of camera vision.

Food was brought in early afternoon, then it all went very quiet. A young Peregrine was seen high in the sky, which did make Dad get in the air and flex his Talons and Wings for a short while. Then back to the Sunday Afternoon nap.

Long after the RSPB had left the tea room gardens and after being Hen Pecked for more than an hour he left and very quickly returned with dinner. He seems to realise the true value of a Sunday Afternoon.

A very quiet day today with everyone taking it easy. The chicks are growing well but Mum and Dad were just taking it easy. Well fed at lunch time, but I am sure Dad was trying to figure just how he was going to pull off watching the FA cup final….this time he was out of luck. This was because the boys from the RSPB had first dibs on the Tele…how unfair. As we left a buzzard was flying high above but Mum and Dad just treated it with the contempt it deserved and stayed perched on the Cathedral. On this occasion it was too high to be of any threat to the family.

Just heard from Pete all normal again. He returned high from the north east, and has been off hunting bringing in a Starling. So peace returns to the Cathedral. Thanks again to Pete for keeping us informed.

This am before 10am a pair of mature Peregrines came over  the Cathedral and were hotly Chased off by our pair. Mum quickly returned to the nest but the last I heard Dad was still  not back from the chase. Thanks to Pete from the RSPB for the information when I hear the final outcome  I will post it on the Blog. However all looked good on the nest as I wrote this.

Dad sat for hours on his favorite ready meal turret. He had a very full crop so had obviously had a crafty meal, and then perhaps settled down to watch the out come of the premiership on his wide screen TV on temporary loan from the RSPB. Any way what ever the reason he seemed to have taken the afternoon off. After several failed attempts to provide a meal Mum finally came up trumps and caught dinner herself. All seems fine on the nest as the chicks continue to grow.

Dad provided well all day today, but as we got to the evening Mum was very vocal and very pro active. It can’t have been lack of food as he came in with at least four meals during the day. Mum did finally chase away the seagulls that were coming just a shade too close, and then went back to the nest. The chicks look to be doing fine and growing very quickly.

Lunch time today and Dad was doing all the work. Feeding the chicks while Mum watched. It was such a good view on the web cam and you could see so easily that there really is a big difference in size. She is so much bigger than him and it really showed well. Now she has taken over the feeding, but good to see Dad so involved.

Dad keeps having a go at the pidgeons around the Cathedral. We always use to say he rarely has a go at them but this year time and again he seems to try his luck. Yesterday he tried again but the lucky pidgeon with a beak full of nesting materials minus a few feathers got away. When she demanded food for her Chicks he always seems to have a ready meal up his sleeve which quickly makes him very popular again. This am there have been great views of the Chicks on the web cam. 

I just looked at my watch feeling a little hungry then glanced at the web cam just in time to see lunch had arrived. All were feasting on a hearty meal. Earlier in the day I watched Dad patiently fed her while she remained sitting on the chicks. They really are devoted to each other.