Our 2 juvenile falcons fledged around the middle of June and are becoming strong, confident young Peregrines learning their skills in the sky over St David’s and returning to the church to roost – any further donations to defray the cost of streaming the video from the nest box to…
End of June update - A fortnight or so on from fledging and, as far as one can tell, our two juveniles are becoming strong, confident young Peregrines learning their skills in the sky over St David's and returning to the church, though not needing to use the nest box,…
June has a host of interesting lesser days. There's also the brilliant VOCES8 visit on Friday 19th June, with Lunch & Workshop and/or Recital options available, so we look forward to seeing you at St Michael's. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Plainsong Vespers & Meditation take place at 6pm. Thurs 4th June, Corpus…
May31 update. It's been really evident this week how, although the young female is noticeably larger than the young male, her growth of darker feathers to replace the pretty white fluff of the chick phase is still a couple of days behind that of the male whom we assume hatched…
We hope that the 4 Peregrine eggs laid towards the end of March will have hatched; their “due date” was Thurs 30th April. In fact, the 1st egg hatched about 6.30 that morning, and a 2nd chick emerged early on Sat 2nd May, but it looks like the other 2…
On Sunday 19th April we were delighted to celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of John and Monica Darch, who give so much to the life and fellowship of St Michael's through their love and care for the worship and the fabric of the church, and through organising our substantial paper…
Many of our Christian brothers and sisters in many parts of this world have been suffering cruel persecution recently and our prayers are with them; but it is the faiths that have no fun, and claim purity or perfection, that are usually the most dangerous and hurtful, so I think…
Apr22 update - our female and male Peregrines have been incubating their eggs, 4 in total, for a month now, and we estimate the "due date" for hatching to be around 29-30 April; just a week to go, so keep watching. It seems there is another younger female in the…
I was hoping to call this first Peregrine blog of the 2015 season "egg sighting news", but it's been relatively quiet in the box up till now, just sleeping there overnight and preparing an impressive scrape, with the action so far happening outside the box, as a third Peregrine has…
...is the hardest but most rewarding time of the Christian Year, especially when we share and observe it together as unworthy but faithful disciples. Sunday 22nd March, Passion Sunday when the Crosses and Statues are covered. 10.45am. Mass in A minor, by Casciolini and the Anthem, Crucifixus etiam pro nobis,…