nonnaB 4,895 Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 Been a while since I watched the falcons , Today got a surprise on how much they've grown. Should say how much one has grown as there was only one there, something was moving at the far end of the ledge but couldn't make out what it was, adult or chick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Falcons are back again this year. Both cameras working again. https://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/peregrine-cam 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paradiddle 146 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Keep your eyes peeled, one egg laid earlier today! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Managed to catch this earlier 09.04 20/03/2021 2 eggs now, 4 and 3 days old Empty nest apart from 2 eggs, then see next pic 2 mins later (time in top left of pictures) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Disturbing times up on the NTU nest box. Mrs P has not been seen for a couple of days, Archie the Dad has been looking after the 2 eggs, now and again. This morning a Peregrine Falcon has been seen dead in the city centre and another Falcon has visited the next box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 I've never managed to work out which was Mum and which was Dad. Which ever one was on the eggs has been nipping out at around 9.15 each morning, possibly for breakfast?? I wonder if the other Bird is last years chick I snapped this earlier and whilst still looking one of the cameras turned the opposite way round, twice. I caugh it once half way looking down, I wonder if the replacement cameras this year can be turned to see the young ones on thier practice flights. Both there on the 19th Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 I saw a Falcon flying quite high over Mapperley Park about an hour ago, I looked on the webcam and Archie was still sitting on the eggs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paradiddle 146 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Also saw the Falcon or some other bird of prey, hovering in Mapperley. Shame Mrs P's not been seen but there is something further along the ledge which looks a bit ominous. Can Dad manage on his own and who or what would attack a Falcon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 That ominous thing along the edge was late breakfast the other day. Last picture I posted you can see one of them picking at it whilst the other was on the nest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted March 22, 2021 Report Share Posted March 22, 2021 Looks like some ‘young tart’ has arrived up here from Fulham to get close to Archie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Presumably this is Mr "Archie" Falcon , looking around for either his old or new Mrs Falcon. He's been coming and going this morning at least a couple of times. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paradiddle 146 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Saw him eating his breakfast today, when he'd finished he pushed the carcass over the edge - hope nobody was walking past below! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 They normally fly off with the carcasses and appear after a few minutes. There's 2 of them again at the moment, (far end of parapet) is she back? It's a flat roof below so no harm should be done to any humans by falling carcasses Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 I just looked on a minute a go and found that the new camera had been zoomed in, presumably someone is looking at the bird on the edge. Nice view of the new Library / Bus station complex as well in the background. I assume the panel decoration around the upper section is meant to look like lace Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paradiddle 146 Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 Here a link with the latest Falcon info. https://westbridgfordwire.com/peregrine-falcon-found-dead-in-nottingham-city-as-new-female-muscles-in-on-nest/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 The interloper was kicking the eggs about earlier, trying to "accidentally" stand on them and break them and also keep Mr Falcon away from them. However her maternal instincts seem to get the better of her, or she feared Mr Falcon turning up and what he might do, so she? left and he got onto the eggs for a while. She? appears to have rings on both legs, obviously been around the block a few times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,719 Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 Just had a look on the live feed and, Archie, I presume, is now sitting in the eggs and there appears to be another one further away on the ledge, the new female? I presume. Really sad the original female has been found dead, I presume the eggs won’t now hatch as they are left uncovered for periods of time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paradiddle 146 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/22/2021 at 11:00 PM, LizzieM said: Looks like some ‘young tart’ has arrived up here from Fulham to get close to Archie. According to the latest news, that 'tart' is Archie's neice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 According to the update down the page below the live feed video links, "She" is a 2019 model Falcon and this would be her first pairing, if successful. Archie is 2012. There's also a snap of them mating yesterday. https://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/peregrine-cam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,298 Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 I have a 2005 model Falcon 4 litre turbo that produces 320 horse power and 330 lb ft of torque and it flies too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Close up of the new female Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 She’s a fine bird isn’t she, but they don’t seem to be too happy together yet do they? Whenever I’ve gone on the webcam today Archie has been sitting on the eggs from his previously relationship and she’s been on a ledge below the nest box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 At the time I grabbed that picture she'd been in the nest touching the eggs again and looking around a lot,,, in a guilty looking manner. Then she jumped out onto the ledge and the camera turned the opposite way to reveal Archie, on the far end of the ledge not normally seen, she must have spotted him. She dropped down onto the ledge below (bottom left of 2nd picture below) and he moved up and sat on the eggs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Better close up from earlier. And she's been kicking the old eggs again, she just can't seem to overcome the motherly instinct and crush the old eggs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,511 Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 First egg has hatched in the past half an hour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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