The male 2007
The female 2007
Both parents 2007 A new season
A nesting box was put 334 feet up at the top of Sussex Heights in spring 1998. Each year since then the pair has successfully raised chicks, two in 1998, four chicks were born in 1999, but unfortunately one died; details of subsequent years can be found in our archive. In 2002 the birds decamped to the West Pier meaning that we were unable to track their progress.
The pair are believed to be the first pair to breed in an urban environment in the south of England for three years running, hopefully they will continue to produce more chicks in years to come. Peregrine falcons were extinct in Sussex between 1945 and 1990.
The pair are believed to be the first pair to breed in an urban environment in the south of England for three years running, hopefully they will continue to produce more chicks in years to come. Peregrine falcons were extinct in Sussex between 1945 and 1990.
The pair has raised many chicks in the past years. Last year, 2007, the female laid her first egg on the 18th of March. She completed a clutch of 4 eggs, from which 2 hatched on the 30th of April. They other 2 did not hatch.. Both eyas where raised succesful and fledged the 15th of June.
Another breeding season is just about upon us and the nest box camera is up and running, if the birds are on a similar timescale to previous years we should see eggs start to appear around the middle of this month.
I wish both peregrines a prosper season, with beautiful and most of all healthy chicks.
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