12

Sep

2014

Some sad news from Nick Dixon, our Peregrine expert.... Read more

08

Jun

2014

With much less fuss than last year so far, the news from Saturday 7th June is that HeCtor, the young male, has fledged and flown, and returned to the church tower. The young females have been flapping their wings on the edge of the trefoil opening, but not yet left…

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May

2014

A quick update on exciting current and forthcoming events. Tonight! Wednesday 21st May, 7.30pm. St Michael's Recital. Alex West (Organ). See Organ Recitals for details. Application date for Young Organists' Competition extended to Sat 7th June. See details here Peregrine chicks weighed, measured and ringed, all three are healthy, developing well and getting…

15

May

2014

Yes, it's week 3 for our Peregrine chicks, rapidly becoming juveniles, growing well thanks to good parental hunting, with Mum making sure all get their fair share of pigeon etc. They have started to move around the nest box, if rather ungainly, flex their young wings, spend a lot of time…

04

May

2014

A week on from the hatching of our three chicks, and the fourth egg is still intact, so we must assume it will not now hatch. The adults are still keeping it close to their young and half-heartedly trying to incubate it, but to no avail. The good news is that…

28

Apr

2014

Having waited expectantly since mid-week, our holy Peregrines have again seen their eggs hatching on the last Sunday in April, just like last year, and exactly 34 days after laying their 3rd egg. It was a wet and windy night but, with a touch of late night peregrinitis, it looked to…

14

Apr

2014

Peregrines online! It is with huge delight that we can announce that live images from our Peregrine nest box camera are being streamed to the Internet. This is one of the main deliverables from the HLF Project, so it is great to have achieved it. Picture quality is best during daylight…

30

Mar

2014

But first... a brief Peregrine update - as hoped for, a 3rd egg had been laid by the evening of Mon 24th March and incubation proper has started; but most unexpectedly I have twice glimpsed four eggs present during changeover between female and male. Wednesday 2nd April, 7.30pm. 21st Anniversary St…

22

Mar

2014

"We have an egg" was the text that went out from St Michael's at 9.30am on Thursday 20th March. Pretty much on cue for the vernal equinox, our breeding pair of Peregrine Falcons produced their first egg of the season overnight and it was seen Thursday morning.  They typically lay their…