Chichester Peregrine Blog

The RSPB have informed us that the webcam has now been turned off. The girls continue to be around the cathedral while they learn to fly and catch their own food.

At last some sunshine!! And we were treated to the 3 juveniles playing.  58 and 57 locked talons and 59 tried to join in.  Then they were rewarded with some food in the form of a white dove delivered into the southwest turret for the girls to help themselves.

The girls play

Feeding time

7.30 pm and the light is fading but on the northeast turret there are 3 – yes I said 3 juvenile peregrines.

59 has fledged.  All three were seen to fly around the cathedral along with their parents.

All three juvenile peregrines

Wings outspread is 58 and next to her is 59.  57 is below.

This afternoon 58 was on the northwest turret exercising her wings and 57 on the nest turret. Then there were 2 peregrines on the nest turret so 59 was out of the nest but we didn’t see her fly!!

58 on the northwest turret

57 on the nest turret

Here are two shots of chick number 57, a female (there all female)

One of the girls has fledged early this morning. We do not know as yet which one but will update you as soon as we can.

And then there were 2!

The girls are getting big now and exercising their wings a lot.  One has been seen on the roof of the nest box and another in one of the turret castellations.

The camera is now covered in spider web in which many bits of nest debris have lodged.  So apologies for the poor quality picture.

They should be fledging by the weekend.

The girls

Just a light supper for the chicks tonight.  Picture taken with the new Canon 1DX.

Supper (a starling maybe?)

The chicks will be due to fledge around the weekend of the 15-16 of June. They are growing very quickly as you can see…

Chick