tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post2694822753508465091..comments2024-03-18T20:43:21.093+00:00Comments on Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project - 2024: Another peregrine sightedPeregrine Project Member (Nick M.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08206815980511978659noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-26550874556621643812008-07-09T12:52:00.000+01:002008-07-09T12:52:00.000+01:00as far as im concerned the faster the eagle owls s...as far as im concerned the faster the eagle owls start breeding better the better it will be for the song birds as we know eagle owls feed on hawks and the rate our song birds are declining is pathetic i once had a garden full of song birds now nothing i had to watch the hawks take one after another i now know of 11 eagles bred and released in the past 3 years and 3 pairs have done well so there is hope for our little birds yetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-38058207177956319462008-06-23T16:21:00.000+01:002008-06-23T16:21:00.000+01:00Hi Sue,I don't think there's anything wrong with s...Hi Sue,<BR/><BR/>I don't think there's anything wrong with some 'off topic' comments from time to time. Presumably, the good people who regularly read/contribute to this blog are not simply obsessed with falcons but nature lovers.<BR/><BR/>Even the posts from our anonymous peregrine haters have been thought provoking. Hence my posts about magpies on another thread.<BR/><BR/>So, like you, I enjoy and learn from the blog entries just as much as the webcams.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, I'm with you on the subject of badgers and truly hope the cull won't happen just to satisfy the greedy farmers. It beggars belief that this government might ignore all the scientific evidence and go ahead with a cull of protected animals.Terry, Herts UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581540633600423284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-40884638868374115102008-06-23T13:12:00.000+01:002008-06-23T13:12:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-34410346984249547942008-06-23T13:09:00.000+01:002008-06-23T13:09:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-47961867700742355782008-06-23T09:54:00.000+01:002008-06-23T09:54:00.000+01:00Thanks Terry, Herts. Sorry to ramble on, everyone...Thanks Terry, Herts. Sorry to ramble on, everyone - honestly, it is the peregrines that primarily draws me to this site - even when I ramble on! If anyone is interested re badgers though, see also the Badger Trust website - www.badger.org.uk<BR/>I actually look as much on this peregrine blog as on the webcam because I find what others have to say (with rare notable exceptions, you know what I mean!) almost as fascinating and informative as actually seeing "our" magnificent birds.<BR/>SueH, Wendover BucksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-22377091986735951482008-06-23T09:05:00.000+01:002008-06-23T09:05:00.000+01:00John B,I know a bit of html but can't figure out h...John B,<BR/><BR/>I know a bit of html but can't figure out how to post links here in a 'clickable' way. You've clearly sussed it out so please explain. Thanks!Terry, Herts UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581540633600423284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-48586948611703755362008-06-23T09:02:00.000+01:002008-06-23T09:02:00.000+01:00http://www.stopthecull.info/http://www.stopthecull.info/Terry, Herts UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581540633600423284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-77147478261853818692008-06-23T07:28:00.000+01:002008-06-23T07:28:00.000+01:00Pax Canada 11.28pm2 falcons on the pudding camPax Canada 11.28pm<BR/>2 falcons on the pudding camAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-83049439687774661092008-06-22T22:42:00.000+01:002008-06-22T22:42:00.000+01:00Thanks Penny, it was quite a hairy time at the bad...Thanks Penny, it was quite a hairy time at the badger AGM - sitting in the splendid new yurt the Wildlife Trust have obtained wondering if it was going to take off in what I could charitably call "blustery" conditions. Hope the Derby 4 coped with it OK too. Badgers, like peregrines, are officially protected species but badgers have the spectre of the bTB (bovine TB) issue hanging over them. The Welsh Assembly have (or have not? - it's a rather confused situation) decided to go ahead with a cull and we wait with baited breath to hear what Hilary Benn will decree at Westminster. Some people might not like peregrines very much but at least it's 100% forbidden for anybody, even governments, to start killing them - and hurrah for that. If anyone has any thoughts on badger culling, do think about letting Hilary Benn (Westminster) and Elin Jones (Welsh Assembly) know.<BR/>Sue H, Wendover, BucksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-83959429743782834512008-06-22T21:47:00.000+01:002008-06-22T21:47:00.000+01:00Everyone seems huddled together on the tower, and ...Everyone seems huddled together on the tower, and the racing clouds reveal that Derby has the same gale force winds as Buxton. Hoping for time to stop in Derby on way home. Yes, Sue, badgers very much persecuted animals - good luck with your talks. xxx PennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-25493151218194135022008-06-22T20:12:00.000+01:002008-06-22T20:12:00.000+01:00I'm at max brightness already. I munged with the c...I'm at max brightness already. I munged with the contrast but all I managed to do was lose the light red color of the building down below :-) I'm working on getting that back. Maybe the sun changed or something.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-36449138283525745102008-06-22T20:07:00.001+01:002008-06-22T20:07:00.001+01:00eyasses have longer tail feathers and primarys. Na...eyasses have longer tail feathers and primarys. Natures way of giving them a hand while they learn their flying skills after their first moult they lose about 1/2 inch of their primarys and up to a inch off the lenght of their tail.Eyasses are hard down at about 8 weeks.<BR/>Regards<BR/>ColinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-48937489344185692672008-06-22T20:07:00.000+01:002008-06-22T20:07:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-69510165180218043322008-06-22T19:50:00.000+01:002008-06-22T19:50:00.000+01:00Turning the brightness/contrast up to maximum on y...Turning the brightness/contrast up to maximum on your monitor helps a lot too ;)Terry, Herts UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581540633600423284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-67482046710466742842008-06-22T19:03:00.000+01:002008-06-22T19:03:00.000+01:00I looked on froona's site - I see what you mean by...I looked on froona's site - I see what you mean by the vertical and horizontal! Thanks.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-84561316948011495062008-06-22T18:56:00.000+01:002008-06-22T18:56:00.000+01:00Thanks, terry. I will try to see if I can tell th...Thanks, terry. I will try to see if I can tell them apart with this.<BR/><BR/>But, I see almost no color from the cameras. A little bit in the background on some of the buildings, that's about it. Wonder if I have things set up wrong somehow?Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-55027591643849211692008-06-22T18:17:00.000+01:002008-06-22T18:17:00.000+01:00Karen Anne,It's not always easy to tell the young ...Karen Anne,<BR/><BR/><BR/>It's not always easy to tell the young from the adults but the way I do it is this (though sometimes it takes a lot of patience):<BR/><BR/>Adults: White & grey chests with horizontal barring/speckles. No bronze bits on the back of their heads. Yellow surrounds to their eyes.<BR/><BR/>Juvies: Bronze and grey chests with vertical barring/speckles. Small bronze coloured patches on top of/behind their caps. No yellow around the eyes. Much shorter tail feathers.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I can identify 007 (tiddler) because he has (or had) a tiny white patch on his right wing, in a place I can best explain as being his 'shoulder' when his wings are folded.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps :)Terry, Herts UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581540633600423284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-46489661309785704852008-06-22T18:05:00.000+01:002008-06-22T18:05:00.000+01:001 bird on the nestbox, 3 at the pudding cam. I ca...1 bird on the nestbox, 3 at the pudding cam. I can't tell the young from the adults, tho.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-47280416091793768322008-06-22T15:46:00.000+01:002008-06-22T15:46:00.000+01:00Ref. Write Your Own Caption - (Wed.June 18, see be...Ref. Write Your Own Caption - (Wed.June 18, see below). <BR/>This morning I was given the following two suggestions by a member of the cathedral congregation:<BR/><BR/>"You'll be immediately in front of the Bishop in the procession..."<BR/><BR/>"Let's do a few warm-ups while we're waiting for the rest of the choir to turn up." <BR/><BR/>Though I would share them with you!<BR/><BR/>Tony GProject Member (Derby Cathedral)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04026424381132887571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-86931392109023888622008-06-22T12:21:00.000+01:002008-06-22T12:21:00.000+01:00Hi everyoneI'm just off to do my big sales pitch o...Hi everyone<BR/>I'm just off to do my big sales pitch on behalf of the Derby Peregrine Project at Bucks Berks and Oxon Wildlife Trust's College Lake reserve. (My event being Bucks Badger Group's AGM) I hope to benefit both of these fabulous projects - and whatever a detractor has just been putting on this site, I still love you Derby and I love you all the more because of those wonderful peregrines - no, that's wrong, it's not "all the more" it's "specifically because of". I've even managed to actually spot a bird on the web cam just now (they seem to avoid me usually)<BR/>I love my badgers too, incidentally - more creatures that have suffered grievously at the hands of mankind. Their fate in the UK still hangs in the balance, a victim of politics.<BR/>Love from SueH, Wendover BucksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-77781205045085580362008-06-22T11:17:00.000+01:002008-06-22T11:17:00.000+01:00around 12 noon sunday I spotted all 4 of the juvie...around 12 noon sunday I spotted all 4 of the juvies at same time. 3 on the nest cam and 1 on the pud cam. Very exciting to know all 4 are well !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-74385619539858952942008-06-22T03:55:00.000+01:002008-06-22T03:55:00.000+01:00Pax Canada 7.53pmFalcon on edge of nest, and one b...Pax Canada 7.53pm<BR/>Falcon on edge of nest, and one blocking the pudding cam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-10279214896696263612008-06-21T22:26:00.000+01:002008-06-21T22:26:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Terry, Herts UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581540633600423284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-19724689515470341812008-06-21T19:39:00.000+01:002008-06-21T19:39:00.000+01:00As I write, one of the youngsters is in view; very...As I write, one of the youngsters is in view; very close to pud cam. Watched an adult perched on the ledge of the nest earlier on.<BR/><BR/>Empty Nest Syndrome, eh? I wonder if my doctor has heard of that?! :)Terry, Herts UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581540633600423284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-44448372773629719932008-06-21T18:35:00.000+01:002008-06-21T18:35:00.000+01:00They haven't shown themselves very much today. May...They haven't shown themselves very much today. <BR/>Maybe that thing below the nestbox could be some left over prey item? <BR/>The most exciting thing today was a big black "bromvlieg" fly exploring the nestbox hahahaha. <BR/>Empty nest syndrom is a serious disease ;))Froonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11105113958878776872noreply@blogger.com