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AN APPEAL
Is there an individual or a company who can manage this sort of wiring? The nest tray will be installed at the end of January and our cameras need to be connected around that time.
Money is available! Please get in touch!
Live-streaming should begin in February.
24 November
An orange-ringed juvenile was photographed today by Colin Pumfrett, at Covenham reservoir. The bird was interacting with a raven. It isn't possibe to read the ring, but it is likely that it's one of 'our' 2025 birds. Thanks Colin.
8 November
'Our' birds seen displaying together around midday, before flying east. The first sighting for almost a month!
30 September
Our adult male was interacting with another orange-ringed (East Midlands) bird in adult plumage around 17.20. Spectacular calling and tumbling, before the vistor flew off east.
25 September
'Our' adults reported flying around the spire this afternoon
7 September
Three pergerines late afternoon around St.James – our two adults, plus a ringed bird, which looked like a sub-adult (so a 2024 youngster). They all interacted and put on quite a display, before flying off north-west.
7 August
The adult female returned to the church this evening. We were alerted to her arrival by the male calling from high on the spire around 19.00. She flew in and perched a few crockets below her partner. First time we've seen them together for almost a month.
6 August
XVT turned up early evening for a screech. No other adults or juveniles were around to respond.
30 July
The adult male joined XTT in chasing a woodpigeon that the juvenile had flushed from the lower walkway, south side. They flew low through our garden, with the pigeon escaping by diving into the large yew tree in the neighbouring Mansion House garden.
29 July
After a couple of days of silence, with the juveniles thought to be moving away, XTT turned up this morning and sat quietly on the lower walkway, south side. The adult male was also present, but his partner hasn't been seen since early July.
15 July
An unusual occurance. Juvenile XTT attacked a pair of woodpigeons that were nesting on a gargoyle on the south aisle of the church. After a tussle, XTT killed one of the pigeons, dragged it up the aisle roof and proceeded to pluck it. I've never seen a peregrine go for a sitting pigeon. Later, the surviving pigeon returned alone to nesting duties.
All three juveniles are flying strongly, usually early morning and early evening.
5 July
Digiscoped video of the three juveniles on the church on YouTube. (Click the image)
2 July
Food fight! The final webcam images of 2025 (no sound).