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Peregrine Fledging 2016


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In case you've not been following this year's fledging on Twitter, here's the news in brief so far. Juvenile with leg ring PG fledged early Mon 13 June, exactly 42 days after hatching. He flew a bit, got mobbed by gulls, was found in an Exeter College car park, and rescued…

June 2016 at St Michael’s


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Our 2 Peregrine chicks are well on the way to fledging mid-June; watch them online. While May had all the Festivals (Rogation, Ascension, Pride, Pentecost, Trinity & Corpus Christi), June still has plenty to offer, so we hope to see you at St Michael's. At 6pm each Tuesday and Thursday, there…

Peregrine News 2016


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Screen image from day after ringing, Tue 24 May, chicks 3 weeks old.

For new update 29 May, scroll to bottom. The breeding season for our resident Peregrine Falcon pair nesting high in the Spire of St Michael's, Mount Dinham, has begun. A couple of days later than in recent years, the first egg was observed by Nick Dixon to be laid at 7.07am…