With Easter so late this year the only Feast Days to fall in May seem to be Rogation Sunday (26th) and Ascension Day (Thursday 30th), but there are several other Events highlighted below or in the Diary. In early April, our Peregrine Falcon pair laid 3 eggs – we hope…
St Michael's offers an inclusive welcome. Worship is traditional, music is excellent and people are friendly. Please join us. Pray for our continuing life & mission, and support your church with time, talents and giving. Our resident Peregrine Falcons have laid 3 eggs this year; we hope for chicks to hatch…
Peregrine Update - Juvenile VF fledged at 6.34am on Wed 20 June. She was spotted in a garden in Haldon Road, so she was roofed by the local vet in sight of the Church. She took a good flight that evening, was seen on the tower, later reaching the pinnacles…
Thurs 24 May. Peregrine News from the 'Ringing Chamber' below the Spire at St Michael's is that just shy of 3 weeks old our 2 Peregrine chicks have been ringed (colour rings VF & VG), weighed (680 & 690 grams) and measured (both showing good size and developement) and confirmed…
Sun 25 Jun Thanks to Nick Dixon for his fascinating talk to the 30 people who packed into the St Clement's Chapel during the Big Bash event, and thank you all for coming. One piece of 'hot' news is that our young male JN from 2015 has been seen around Taunton…
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…
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…
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…
May the Love of God the Holy Trinity be with us this month in our communities, relationships and service. Please try to support the John Thurmer Memorial Lecture on Friday 27th May at 7.30pm at St Michael's. It will be a privilege and a joy to welcome Professor Nicholas Orme who…
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,…