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
It’s amazing what a difference a few days makes. Our girls a re growing very quickly and will soon be fledging.
Big girl
We have just had a phone call from a gentleman in Germany concerned that the chicks are not in the nest. We would just like to assure everyone that they cannot fall out of the nest area as they are down inside the turret on the cathedral. The sun is shining this morning and they may be too warm in the nest or perhaps they have moved to another part of the turret in order to have a go at eating a morsel of food left by their parents. The camera does not cover the entire turret area so this will become a more common occurrence as they become more mobile and inquisitive.
Thank you to the gentleman that phoned and please do send us an email so that we can thank you personally for your concern.
You can find more pictures of our peregrine family in the galleries of this website.
For pictures of what was happening as the chicks were ringed Click here
and for the view at ground level of the adults worried about their offspring Click here
Dad has decided he needs to keep watch. Last night all his girls got married (they had rings put on their legs) he obviously thinks they need more protection today!!!!
Dad on watch
Today’s ringing, a full gallery will be up tomorrow on the main website – www.ChichesterPeregrines.co.uk
Pictures copyright to Luke Dray (LukeDrayWildlife.co.uk)
The Girls
Picture of The Girls courtesy of Graham Roberts
Some of you may have noticed that the camera was not working for a while this evening, this was because it was turned off while our chicks were ringed. This year we have 3 females ring numbers 57, 58 and 59.
There will be pictures on the blog soon and a new gallery of the ringing evening too.
Well done to our new male who now has to look after all his girls!!
