tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post277921690744117154..comments2024-03-28T16:23:15.216+00:00Comments on Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project - 2024: Video Clips from 2008Peregrine Project Member (Nick M.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08206815980511978659noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-72922902325215987012008-05-12T11:44:00.000+01:002008-05-12T11:44:00.000+01:00Moorhen on the menu eh...I once saw a male Peregri...Moorhen on the menu eh...<BR/><BR/>I once saw a male Peregrine struggling with a heavy load (collared dove I think) and losing height drop it into the River Wye right into the middle of a group of three Mallards. This caused some alarm and despondancy among the waterfowl as you might imagine. <BR/><BR/>Please to sign the RSPB's anti birds of prey persecution pledge by <A HREF="http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/campaigns/birdsofprey/" REL="nofollow">clicking here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-50635857685831110282008-05-12T09:46:00.000+01:002008-05-12T09:46:00.000+01:00WOW that's going to be a big meal!! well... there ...WOW that's going to be a big meal!! well... there ARE four hungry mouths to feed :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-51814983701824770982008-05-12T09:42:00.000+01:002008-05-12T09:42:00.000+01:00pax B.C (via australia)babies all alonepax B.C (via australia)<BR/>babies all aloneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-14846349135421690942008-05-12T09:40:00.000+01:002008-05-12T09:40:00.000+01:00Hi talking of exotic places, i am from derby but w...Hi talking of exotic places, i am from derby but working in Abu Dhabi in the middle east, i watched last years chicks from derby and am now logging on in work here as much as i can! Great work by all involved and nice to look out from the other camera to see the weather!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-45609936418947842842008-05-12T08:48:00.000+01:002008-05-12T08:48:00.000+01:00Does Bolivia count as an exotic place? My daughter...Does Bolivia count as an exotic place? My daughter is viewing the peregrines from there although it hasn't appeared on the map yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-24239598950804334202008-05-12T08:36:00.000+01:002008-05-12T08:36:00.000+01:00Thank you Froona for your "Derby on Saturday" entr...Thank you Froona for your "Derby on Saturday" entry - brilliant work. I'm just catching up on evnts after a busy weekend. Still no peregrines down here - but had a great visit to Tring reservoirs where we saw a few HOBBIES and a couple of red kites, so we don't do too badly. In fact, our bird species count was 32 yesterday. Nobody has any info yet on where "our" pair have gone - or indeed even if they ARE a pair!<BR/>Sue H, WycombeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-41957121755791997052008-05-12T06:38:00.000+01:002008-05-12T06:38:00.000+01:00Mum has just arrived with what appears to be a fre...Mum has just arrived with what appears to be a fresh kill. (6.35) It looks like a Moorhen to me. She is now feeding it to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-22458249874137974352008-05-12T06:13:00.000+01:002008-05-12T06:13:00.000+01:0006.18 CT 4 eyases desperately waiting for more foo...06.18 CT 4 eyases desperately waiting for more food! Please!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-43179765176507877342008-05-11T16:50:00.000+01:002008-05-11T16:50:00.000+01:0016.48p.m. Feeding the flock!!16.48p.m. Feeding the flock!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-82761451702863751012008-05-11T16:49:00.000+01:002008-05-11T16:49:00.000+01:0016.55 camera time Food being served to 4 eager 'cu...16.55 camera time Food being served to 4 eager 'customers'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-37820484652419404612008-05-11T16:45:00.000+01:002008-05-11T16:45:00.000+01:0016.43/5 I think the meal is just being plucked! Th...16.43/5 I think the meal is just being plucked! Though I have seen a couple of other birds flying in the vicinity. Presently 'on watch' with no feathers flyingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-3522980198158975012008-05-11T16:38:00.000+01:002008-05-11T16:38:00.000+01:0016.37 p.m. Guess on the right hand cam it was 'Di...16.37 p.m. Guess on the right hand cam it was 'Dinner for one'!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-42494791055395449962008-05-11T16:23:00.000+01:002008-05-11T16:23:00.000+01:0016.20p.m. have been watching either mum/dad? on ca...16.20p.m. have been watching either mum/dad? on cam 2 plucking a bird - switched to other cam to see mum/dad? looking upwards as if to say 'come on I'm waiting'!! Riveting stuff. must go back and check to see if the food has been delivered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-18855449718561407292008-05-11T16:11:00.000+01:002008-05-11T16:11:00.000+01:00Hi, This is Stephanie in Ontario, Canada. I got ho...Hi, This is Stephanie in Ontario, Canada. I got hooked on the peregrines last year when I was living in England and now I'm back in Canada I'm still hooked!! It's a wonderful sight - even more so as it's Mother's Day over here today (May 11th)...nothing better than watching Mum with her babies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-2491054248377227082008-05-11T14:50:00.000+01:002008-05-11T14:50:00.000+01:00Hi Nick, Hello from Jennie of Hong Kong, as usual,...Hi Nick, <BR/><BR/>Hello from Jennie of Hong Kong, as usual, I'm still here checking out your site and watching our birdie every day! Amazing job from you guys in Derby! Thank you. Jennie, HK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-13132975430415270412008-05-11T11:57:00.000+01:002008-05-11T11:57:00.000+01:00:D thanks Nick's good idea!I check the clustermap ...:D thanks Nick's good idea!<BR/>I check the clustermap and see there are two dots on Taiwan...WOW~ nearly cover our little island!<BR/><BR/>I guess the bigger dot shows my friends in Taipei (some of them must be busy with the similar project of birds of prey in this season).<BR/><BR/>Another dot in middle of Taiwan may my colleagues. We want to use webcam in our nature center as well. <BR/><BR/>But now i am in the UK, maybe i can say HELLO to them through this board~:PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-70494908450428074182008-05-11T10:50:00.000+01:002008-05-11T10:50:00.000+01:00It's feeding time again! The chicks are so sweeeee...It's feeding time again! <BR/><BR/>The chicks are so sweeeeet :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-67920450640306358102008-05-11T10:31:00.000+01:002008-05-11T10:31:00.000+01:00Hi Nick, you asked about unusual viewing locations...Hi Nick, you asked about unusual viewing locations. Well, I can't claim Timbuctoo or anything exotic like that but, as you know, when at work I sometimes sneak a quick look. Work being a Magistates Court "somewhere in Bucks" - but I hasten to add, NEVER a courtroom, that would be unforgivable. No, it's just my own back office. Oh dear, on second thoughts, I suppose I do tend to give the game away with my sign-off! No sign of of the Aylesbury peregrines - but runours of a pair elsewhere in Bucks, maybe "our" Aylesbury pair! Thank goodness for Derby!!!!<BR/>Sue H, WendoverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-88959706035689952072008-05-11T10:29:00.000+01:002008-05-11T10:29:00.000+01:00Incredible pics from pudding cam between about 100...Incredible pics from pudding cam between about 1000 and 1025 this morning. The male had been sitting on the ledge patiently for ages. Then suddenly he's gone, only to return seconds later with a large bird firmly in his grip.<BR/><BR/>A bit gruesome but fascinating to watch.<BR/><BR/>If Froona hasn't captured these pics, I'll publish some on my blog later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-19682566454538085912008-05-11T07:00:00.000+01:002008-05-11T07:00:00.000+01:00Just checking the Clustrmap and I see we have web ...Just checking the Clustrmap and I see we have web cam viewers really all over the world. Countries now seem to include Sudan, Gulf States, Turkey, Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Canary Isles, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Japan, malaya, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Jamaica, Peru and Hungary to name but a few! If you are watching our birds in one of these more remote or unusual spots on the planet, why not send us a comment telling us a bit more about yourself and why you are watching?<BR/>Some folk will be Brits on holiday perhaps (as when I logged on recently in Slovenia) but others will be nationals....<BR/>Do get in touch (also if I have left your country out of my (partial) list!)<BR/>Nick BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-34855215185546014922008-05-11T06:48:00.000+01:002008-05-11T06:48:00.000+01:00Hi AnnJust wanted to thank you for your advice on ...Hi Ann<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to thank you for your advice on how to capture the screen shot. It worked. I may need to get better at editing, as I still have a huge white area around the part of the webcam view I selected. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-58703024160870970062008-05-10T23:02:00.000+01:002008-05-10T23:02:00.000+01:00Ee-chupp! Yeah, my DVD came today. It's wonderfu...Ee-chupp! Yeah, my DVD came today. It's wonderful. I was so mesmerized by the opening, it wasn't until it stopped playing that I realized I had to click play film :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-79531590335028638192008-05-10T21:06:00.000+01:002008-05-10T21:06:00.000+01:00Visiting the cathedral this evening (about 7.00 pm...Visiting the cathedral this evening (about 7.00 pm) we saw the female feeding the eyasses (really all we saw was her back and head bobbibg up and down above the edge of the platform). After a few minutes, the male flew in and perched on the right hand gargoyle. The female flew up to perch next to pudding cam but out of its line of sight. <BR/><BR/>Moving positions to get a better view, we lost track of the male but later saw him butchering a carcass in one of the caches at the top of the louvred window directly above the nest. He then flew up to the gargoyles and ate a portion, ignoring his mates calls. She flew back to the nest (in disgust?).<BR/><BR/>Sticking out from the cache is a large wing tip, barred black and brown - possibly Woodcock or Snipe? Perehaps someone with better ID skills than mine might be able to give an opinion?<BR/><BR/>Andy & Chris MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-25695700517915124752008-05-10T18:38:00.000+01:002008-05-10T18:38:00.000+01:00Its been a wonderful day, weatherwise and i feel v...Its been a wonderful day, weatherwise and i feel very honoured that today everytime ive clicked on the web cam the chicks are being fed by either mum or dad or both.<BR/>Its amazing that with them being so young they seem to be taking on their own identities already.<BR/>It sure does make amazing viewing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-10059168754565454492008-05-10T17:03:00.000+01:002008-05-10T17:03:00.000+01:00I'm always somewhat stunned at how fast they grow....I'm always somewhat stunned at how fast they grow. Look at the 19 day old chicks of De Mortel on Froona's blog, almost as big as the parent in the photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com