Chichester Peregrine Blog

Both parents around doing all they can to temp the young ones to fly……

Fledgeing time

Fledgeing time

Fledgeing time

Seventy one

Number 71 takes a look out …….

First venture

Four lots of food and chasing the gulls…..all in a days work…..

Beautiful Day

So four lots of food in just over two hours but none to the chicks ….this is done to try to make them come on to the ramparts of the tower…..they are six weeks on Monday and this is when they should fledge…….

Food

Looking more like peregrines every day

Our family is getting ready to leave the nest and see the big wide world.  There is much flapping to strengthen the wings ready for flight and they are feeding themselves and fighting over food.  All part of a steep learning curve.

They are so big now!

Big now

It must be very hot in there…..they will have moved to the other side of the turret to find shade……it’s quite deep inside the turret so nearly impossible to fall out….just trying to stay cool…..In just under three weeks they will be flying!

Empty

Here’s the link to the gallery showing more pictures of the chicks and adults during the ringing last night.

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Chick

What an amazing evening – even the weather was kind!!!

So we think we have 3 boys 70,71 and 72 and a girl 73.  As they were being fed when the ringing started some had eaten more than others so it wasn’t obvious from their weights and measurements.

Below are pictures of all the chicks and a couple of the great flying from very irate parents!

Chick No. 70

Chick No.71

Chick No. 72

Chick No. 73

An irate mother

An irate mother

Amid lots of fly-bys  the four chicks were ringed this evening if we had to guess it would be three boys and one girl …..but for once it was very difficult to tell…..Janet went up with Graham so lots more pictures to follow.

Ringing the chicks