Chichester Peregrine Blog

They get bigger by the day and need a lot of food…….

Feeding youngsters……

You can clearly see in this picture that the youngsters are growing their primary feathers.

Feathers!

In an effort to get out of the sun 2 of our young brood went walkabout.

Some great moments over the weekend can be seen in a new gallery of photographs of the parents.

2 chicks out of the nest

Mum is feeding the brood this morning and now the chicks are bigger even a whole foot goes down in one!

Down in one

Lunch time and we are getting bigger by the day…….

Bigger every day

The beginnings of feathers showing

Yesterday all white and fluffy.  Then today the beginnings of feathers.

4 fluffy white chicks

The youngsters are very hot and don’t want to be smothered by their parents.

All sunbathing

Just after 6.00 this morning Mum came off the nest for a quick flight to stretch the wings before returning a couple of minutes later.

4 chicks

Mum returns

After an awful morning of rain and wind the sun came out!  So here is Dad after a quick visit to Mum to make sure she is alright.  Our pair seem to be particularly caring of each other.

Dad exiting the nest turret

While one parent feeds the chicks the other shields them from the pouring rain.

Mum feeds while Dad protects

Mum pushes Dad out