Don't miss this please look now- peregrine falcons

[allwednesday 11]

Working on the 11th floor of telephone house in Sheffield we were very attached to freddie our resident BT peregrine,we saw or heard him almost every day and it wasnt unusual to see him flying past with his victims really close to our window,i have pictures at home of him actually sat on the window ledge looking in,a breathtakingly beautiful bird- a real baby faced assasin We regularly found the remains of freddies victims at the front and back entrances,usually pigeons and usually in small pieces,sadly we have now moved to Eldon house and we dont see Freddie at all now,his favourite haunts were tele house and the old grosvenor hotel,I have heard him though!Id like to think that these eggs may be freddies offspring

 

Good old freddie:thumbsup:

[Brunette 10]

Working on the 11th floor of telephone house in Sheffield we were very attached to freddie our resident BT peregrine,we saw or heard him almost every day and it wasnt unusual to see him flying past with his victims really close to our window,i have pictures at home of him actually sat on the window ledge looking in,a breathtakingly beautiful bird- a real baby faced assasin We regularly found the remains of freddies victims at the front and back entrances,usually pigeons and usually in small pieces,sadly we have now moved to Eldon house and we dont see Freddie at all now,his favourite haunts were tele house and the old grosvenor hotel,I have heard him though!Id like to think that these eggs may be freddies offspring

 

I think George might have something to say about that!! He seems quite devoted to Mildred.

[beanotheowl 10]

Wow, thanks for the link, just seen him/her (do they take it in turns?) repositioning self and two of the eggs. I've bookmarked the page, crossed fingers all goes well and we get to see the babies...er...chicks?

Eyasses.

A question for you twitchers. Do the male and female take it in turns to sit on the eggs or is it just the female?

Both.

 

They won't knock down the church.

[wednesday1 10]

Anyone seen it eat anything yet?

[melv 16]

The male caches the prey & leaves it in a larder on the tower lower than the nest. BTW, the Nottingham peregrines have had 3 chicks hatch out:-)

[allwednesday 11]

Anyone seen it eat anything yet?

 

The Nottingham birds had the remains of a bird in the nest today

Not sure what it was tho also seen the notts chicks today.

[Brunette 10]

I've seen one of them demolish a pigeon! Didn't take too long either. They're doing a splendid public service there!

[Tavit 10]

They both take it in turns during the day but only the female does the night shift.

[melv 16]

http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb/biodiversity/falcons/index.html?campaignid=falconsone

 

Good views of both of the Notts ones at the moment:-)

[cgksheff 44]

http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb/biodiversity/falcons/index.html?campaignid=falconsone

 

Good views of both of the Notts ones at the moment:-)

 

Feeding now.

[melv 16]

I watched the female leave the nest & come back with the body of a bird, she then had some herself & fed the rest to the chicks. They too must have a larder somewhere.

[megalithic 10]

Where's a good place to watch them from please ?