Thursday 7 May 2009

DVD and First Watch Point!

Late note: there will be a formal Watch Point at the Cathedral Green tomorrow Saturday 9th May between about 10.30 and 1.30. Another one will take place the following Saturday (16th), same times.
Further news of watch points will follow during next week.
DVD:Newcomers to the Derby Cathedral peregrine site may be interested to learn that last year a 35 minute DVD was produced which tells the story of these birds, has video clips of the whole breeding season and features not only the project team but also Chris Packham, the well known TV presenter (and now a BBC Springwatch presenter for the coming series starting soon).


By post you can get one (plus postage) from The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust by phoning 01773 881188 in office hours and using your credit/debit card. This method has been used successfully by many people perfectly safely, eg for making donations, paying for subscriptions to the Trust (we have 12,000 members) etc.

The price is just £6 (exclusive of P&P - please ask what has to be added to cover this). Also note that, thanks to the generosity of the producer of the DVD, £5 of your money goes straight to the project as a donation.

So you get an excellent DVD and make a donation to the project at the same time...a win/win
situation!

Please note that The Cathedral Centre and Derby Museum & Art Gallery both now have monitors showing the live web cams. So you can see what's happening on the nest either as you drink a coffee or have a bite to eat at The Cathedral Centre (or take it away with you!) or as you stroll around one of Derby's three museums - well worth a few hours of your time, especially should you be strangers to the city.

The Cathedral Centre is open 10 - 4 ......but is closed on Sundays.

The Museums are open 10 - 5 except just between 1- 4 on Sundays.

Tony G, Nick B & Nick M

Here are some recent pictures from our Flickr Pool taken by webcam watchers on (8th May 2009).
by nja1969:
today

by dave arrowsmith:
08 05 at 14.31

afternoon feed

by crazeycoco:
08 05 at 14.30

by n1ck1ee:
keeping an eye out



Here are some recent pictures from our Flickr Pool taken by webcam watchers on (7th May 2009).
by cocotags:
19.22 here ya go

by rejsharp:
Derby Peregrines 78

by christineself32:
Show a Leg

by cocotags: dad 16.07

by Dave Arrowsmith:
little tiddlers big adventure
by k_15H0r3
Parent feeding

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Roger (AT) said...

@ Phoebe: Thanks for the summary - it was very good to get such a quick clear view of recent events. Like some of the other Peregrine fans, I am at work, nose to the grindstone, and no time to watch. (our server also blocks web-cam images).

Phoebe said...

I am planning to visit the Peregrines tomorrow, does anyone know the best place to park?

Thanks in advance.

Roger said...

@ Karen Annn and @ phoebe

If you'd like to get an idea of what bell-ringing sounds like, you could try:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJQMJUiNpjg

It was recorded on the day before the quarter peal for Froona, at Horsley rather than Derby Cathedral, sorry, but included four of the band that rang in the quarter. It comprises 224 changes of Cambridge Surprise Minor, lasts about 9 minutes AND IS A BIT LOUD! The full story behind that ringing can be found at:-

http://www.rss-info.com/rss2.php?integration=if&windowopen=1&rss=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fderbyda&number=3&width=300&ifbgcol=FFFFFF&bordercol=D0D0D0&textbgcol=F0F0F0&rssbgcol=F0F0F0&showrsstitle=1&showtext=1

Roger in Derby

Anonymous said...

@ Roger
Thanks I have listened to the peal it was lovely and a nice thing to do for Froona.

I have not been able to watch the webcam much today and have missed any feeds. I hope someone has an update ?

Phoebe aka Marski2009 said...

@ Wayne

Are you still here Wayne? not called in to hospital yet are you?

Maxine P said...

New to the site, having just joined Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, I was reading an article and came across the "Derby Peregrines". How wonderful, being able to view nature first hand, a priviledge to watch such a magnificent creature behaving as nature intended. If only humans displayed such dedication to duty! My boss and I log in daily to check on progress. The smallest of the chicks seems to be plumping up nicely now!

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