Derby star of the day !

Yesterday I received some very astonishing photo's of the Derby peregrines from Colin Pass. I am very very honored. Thank you Colin, they are really amazing. Especially because it are pics from our star of today the male with band 004. He fledged today and flew back to the nest. And that is spectacular! Here he is with his sibling nr 003 , the other one who started out on exploration but was not as fortunate as his brother. 003 Is spending the night on the ledge below the nestbox. Won't like that at all I guess.

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Rochester

Derby: what a fledge!

A quiet morning full of wingflapping:









And then in the afternoon around 14:30 the young tiercel with bandnumber 004 took off!!
Right in front of the webcam one of the Derby youngsters took off on a maiden trip this afternoon at 14:34 local time. I think it is the eldest male juvie.
For days the female youngster has been hopflapping on the ledge but it is the eldest male who decided to give it a go.
First reports are that it landed safely and took up position on the roof of a nearby hairdresser’s, but then came down in a nearby courtyard. Nick Brown of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust observed it flying off strongly towards the centre of town, but it was lost from view.



Video courtesy Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project ( Nick Moyes)







Against all odds the fledgling 004 returned later this afternoon to the nestbox! The wind brought it back and that is very remarkeble for first flight. In the meantime one of the other juvies with number 003 left the nestbox on explorationtour and could not get back into the nestbox. So that will be a night spent on a ledge. He is stuck on the ledge below the nestbox. An exciting time has begun! Indeed for the Project Members keeping an eye on all the adventures of our juvies.



The other juvies carried on minding their own business. One of the parents stopped by with pigeon, which is an always welcome meal. They did some impressive wingflapping and finnaly cuddled up together to get some sleep. Three of them that is. Number 4 is learning a hard lesson somewhere on a Cathedrals ledge.



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De Mortel

The juvies are in the air, flying like adults. Reports from teh Tower say that at least 3 of the, fly a lot. The fourth is more careful, probably the young female. Today they took a sunbath on top of the nestbox, after having begged S2 for food for a long time until she took off.

Brighton Sussex Heights: First Fledge

Pictures courtesy Regencybrighton

9th June: Female chick rescued & returned to roof

This evening we were alerted to the fact that there was a peregrine in a backyard near the foot of Sussex Heights. On inspection it turned out to be the female chick, identified by the ring number 23.

We were able to catch her and return her to the roof of Sussex Heights where our picture shows her. Hopefully this will be the only time in her life when she travels in a lift!!

After being rescued from a back yard on Monday evening on Wednesday ( today) she crash landed on a balcony on the 16th floor of Chartwell Court, a block of flats near to Sussex Heights, but as these pictures show she doesn't seem any the worse for it and later took off back to the roof of Sussex Heights. What an absolutely, stunningly beautiful bird she is.

Dayton Boomshoft Museum: 40 days old

Columbus Ohio: feeding on the ledge

Harrisburg: first fledge

This morning 2 of the 4 Harrisburg juvies fledged. Silver and Blue took off and are on ledges on the Rachel Carson building. They can see eachother and are fine. They have been fed by the parents.
The remaining two, red and grren bands are still on teh nestplatform, but are expected to fledge soon as well.

Chichester Cathedral Peregrines

Xcell Allen S. King Plant,

Egg-Hatch-Fledge Table

With the recent fledges of Sussex Heights, Derby and Harrisburg the table is almost complete. Just left are Columbus Ohio, Dayton and Rochester.

Nijmegen

Xcell Black Dog

Derby: First Fledge

Right in front of the webcam one of the Derby youngsters took off on a maiden trip this afternoon at 14:34 local time. I think it is the eldest male juvie.
For days the female youngster has been hopflapping on the ledge but it is the eldest male who decided to give it a go.
First reports are that it landed safely and took up position on the roof of a nearby hairdresser’s, but then came down in a nearby courtyard. Nick Brown of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust observed it flying off strongly towards the centre of town, but it was lost from view.



Some one wrote on the Derby Blog: "iv just rung derbyshire wildlife 4 a udate and they have located the youngster on a chimedy pot not far from the nest and r keeping a very close eye on it jo.v"
I'm very happy they do. First fledges are a tricky business, especially in a city.
But I'm sure the experiencend Nick Brown of the Project will keep a close eye on things as well.

Against all odds the fledgling returned later this afternoon to the nestbox! The wind brought it back and that is very remarkeble for first flight. In the meantime one of the other juvies left the nestbox on explorationtour and can not get back. He is stuck on the ledge below the nestbox. An exciting time has begun! Indeed for the Project Members keeping an eye on all the adventures of our juvies.

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