tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post350968501741857741..comments2024-03-28T16:23:15.216+00:00Comments on Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project - 2024: Better late than never - our first egg!Peregrine Project Member (Nick M.)http://www.blogger.com/profile/08206815980511978659noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-90454261071161462142013-04-06T18:13:37.422+01:002013-04-06T18:13:37.422+01:00Yessssss.... Derby 2 Nottingham 3...Well done Mrs ...Yessssss.... Derby 2 Nottingham 3...Well done Mrs P.. xMo Colenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-5073846490267912152013-04-06T18:04:31.410+01:002013-04-06T18:04:31.410+01:00I reckon it was timed at about 17.45, but not sure...I reckon it was timed at about 17.45, but not sure. I caught a quick glance of both at around 17.50 (pic on flickr).<br /><br />RJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-50998363414433848192013-04-06T17:55:04.191+01:002013-04-06T17:55:04.191+01:00I didn't manage a capture..I didn't manage a capture..Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-42818603158976757212013-04-06T17:53:01.727+01:002013-04-06T17:53:01.727+01:00She is guarding it well!She is guarding it well!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-20649446613608483032013-04-06T17:50:40.766+01:002013-04-06T17:50:40.766+01:00Yes! 2 eggs now !!Yes! 2 eggs now !!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-31972578658603686812013-04-06T17:50:08.117+01:002013-04-06T17:50:08.117+01:00I think it's a 2nd one!I think it's a 2nd one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-36350185997071666032013-04-06T17:48:35.775+01:002013-04-06T17:48:35.775+01:00Is that a second egg behind her?
Is that a second egg behind her?<br />Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-39773785277820245672013-04-06T17:48:24.702+01:002013-04-06T17:48:24.702+01:002nd egg!
RJ2nd egg!<br />RJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-35264673400162965902013-04-06T17:44:27.016+01:002013-04-06T17:44:27.016+01:00I do too Phoebe! Eggciting, eh? :) I do too Phoebe! Eggciting, eh? :) AnnieF.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12005659812540485097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-80792533810819878942013-04-06T17:36:20.694+01:002013-04-06T17:36:20.694+01:00I think she is laying!!I think she is laying!!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-26578424054755060082013-04-06T17:34:22.569+01:002013-04-06T17:34:22.569+01:00This could be it!This could be it!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-63857029511175976422013-04-06T16:08:25.904+01:002013-04-06T16:08:25.904+01:00Just watched the egg laying video. It's wonde...Just watched the egg laying video. It's wonderful! Thank you.Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-13028061676396593942013-04-06T16:00:00.825+01:002013-04-06T16:00:00.825+01:00It's certainly the right time (something like ...It's certainly the right time (something like 52-62 hrs after the first egg, if I remember correctly.<br />So anytime over the next four hours -sooner rather than later, I'd have suggested.<br /><br />Egg-laying video has just been uploaded to YouTube at http://youtu.be/Ed12Ikh45O0<br /> Peregrine Project Member (Nick M.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08206815980511978659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-31087483731964012862013-04-06T15:34:31.085+01:002013-04-06T15:34:31.085+01:00The falcon has just jumped up and is pecking at so...The falcon has just jumped up and is pecking at some food in the scrape, is she ready to lay the next egg I wonder.Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-75810125774703615062013-04-06T08:55:11.214+01:002013-04-06T08:55:11.214+01:00I am going out soon, she will probably lay then !!...I am going out soon, she will probably lay then !!Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-12139481308513112062013-04-06T08:53:33.621+01:002013-04-06T08:53:33.621+01:00I'll second Sue's comments about the super...I'll second Sue's comments about the superb service we receive here at Derby and the support that goes on behind the scenes. Your comments about trying to get help from the Council in Aylesbury at the weekend reminded me of many a time the 2 Nicks have had to get out-of-hours access to the Cathedral from one of the bell ringers! When egg laying and peregrine watching go well, it is easy to forget that this is against the odds really! Wonderful to feel some warmth in the sun today :)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910593047048811506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-19012433712982963362013-04-06T08:34:43.403+01:002013-04-06T08:34:43.403+01:00Yep, still definitely one egg. Sorry folks, must h...Yep, still definitely one egg. Sorry folks, must have been wishful thinking earlier!!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256423040507698707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-74183549663068341652013-04-06T08:03:21.387+01:002013-04-06T08:03:21.387+01:00Still only one egg at 8am;)Still only one egg at 8am;)Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768119426351199198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-80947297041650583582013-04-06T07:14:57.320+01:002013-04-06T07:14:57.320+01:00I'm not sure but I think I might have glimpsed...I'm not sure but I think I might have glimpsed two eggs a minute ago? Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256423040507698707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-13422631501379925752013-04-05T20:38:42.270+01:002013-04-05T20:38:42.270+01:00If I was a betting woman, I'd put money on the...If I was a betting woman, I'd put money on the Derby pair working like clockwork and the next egg coming on cue. As to the Aylesbury birds, my gut feeling is that they started laying just exactly as the bad weather kicked in which stalled the process, as if the first clutch failed. I think it was early enough for them to try the unusual second brood. They have been observed (visually) mating again. I think that all should be well with the second brood but the first egg won't hatch. Time will tell! The really frustrating thing is - our server now needs rebooting and the council staff have gone home! There's a faint possibility that there might be someone who can do something on Saturday morning, but no guarantees.<br />Don't ever take Derby's superb webcam for granted, fellow watchers, see how tricky it is and what a huge learning curve new sites go through!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-19773703620057521532013-04-05T20:04:06.176+01:002013-04-05T20:04:06.176+01:00Sue P, I didn't know the history of the Aylesb...Sue P, I didn't know the history of the Aylesbury pair. I can understand your concern. I did notice the different colour of each egg. I hope all goes well this year.<br /><br />I wonder if we will see a second egg here in derby tonight...Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-37515718270231094302013-04-05T15:01:29.868+01:002013-04-05T15:01:29.868+01:00I don't think any of us are experts Phoebe, bu...I don't think any of us are experts Phoebe, but the great thing about the webcams is that it allows us to actually become experts. We've entered uncharted territory at Aylesbury with our strange pair and only watching will reveal what's going on. Our worry is/was that there could be fertility problems - they bred for the first time in 2011 and laid just one egg which was abandoned after 5 weeks. When it was examined later, it was well addled. Last year, there were 3 eggs but only 2 hatched. With appropriate permissions, the unhatched one was retrieved, examined and given to our County Museum. That egg was found to be infertile. So, you can see our worry at only one egg - would we wait another 5 weeks for a non-event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-76707434111060435902013-04-05T13:32:53.647+01:002013-04-05T13:32:53.647+01:00Hi Sue, I'm no expert but I think it is quite ...Hi Sue, I'm no expert but I think it is quite likely the first egg will be okay, it may not have been fully incubated yet. They usually keep the egg/s below incubation temperature until all are laid, there could be a gap of 12 days between the first and the last when incubation starts proper. you never know there could be more to come.<br /><br />I was pleased to get the screen grabs for you :D<br /><br />Meanwhile our pair are looking after their first egg. There could be another as early as sometime tonight.Phoebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284500199021475114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-82109215402747787552013-04-05T13:18:16.703+01:002013-04-05T13:18:16.703+01:00A certain DWT legpuller from the Derby project tri...A certain DWT legpuller from the Derby project tried to tell me that he'd flown over and put a dummy egg on the Aylesbury platform because he felt sorry for us. Hmmmmmm. It's very weird though, the manual on peregrine breeding, which our birds have clearly failed to read, says a clutch of 3 to 4 eggs is laid at intervals of roughly 2 days. We have had a gap of 12 days. Surely, it will be impossible for egg 1 to hatch?? And if it did, the chick would be monster by the time egg 2 hatches. Will there be yet more eggs? It just shows the value of these web cam projects, we'd never have had a clue what was happening without them. I must be the only person not to have actually seen the two eggs yet so I'm very grateful to all the people who have passed material on, especially Phoebe :) <br />Unlike Derby, we don't have any recording and once the moment has passed, it's gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517644049991406941.post-68848261289508574812013-04-05T11:01:16.136+01:002013-04-05T11:01:16.136+01:00Fascinating turn of events at Aylesbury Sue P! Co...Fascinating turn of events at Aylesbury Sue P! Congrats on your two eggs - I wonder if there will be more?Pennynoreply@blogger.com