Fourth egg spotted by PaxCanada at 7.26 this morning, 31st March.
Now we move into the long incubation period when not too much happens.
Tomorrow, the Queen visits the cathedral to hand out the Maundy money. Since there will be lots of people milling about we have decided to run an embryo watch point on the green in the morning, roughly 10 - 1pm depending on the weather (it's cold and showery here today).
Probably there will be little to see - the female will probably be incubating and out of sight and if the male bird is off hunting or just not perching on the east face there'll be nothing to see at all - but at least we will have an opportunity to talk about the birds and the project.
Maybe we'll see some of you down there perhaps......be aware that parking will be difficult!
Nick B (DWT)
Ps. Photo of four eggs to follow no doubt.......
Peregrine Falcons first nested on Derby's Cathedral, England, in 2006. Our Peregrine Project is now run by a partnership between Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Derby City Council, Derby Cathedral and the Cathedral Quarter. Here is what's happening in 2025. . .
But the Queen keeps pigeons!
ReplyDeleteThis is great, now for the interesting bit. Off for Easter so not going to miss much thank goodness at least I know the 4th egg has been laid.
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous I'm sure the Queen will be interested whether or not she does keep pigeons.
ReplyDeleteGreat news!
ReplyDeleteI was up quite late last night and did not see any evidence of the fourth egg. I have just got a capture of the eggs and will put on flickr.
Helen Sara's capture early this morning looks like the egg was just laid going by the position of the falcon.
Pic of the four eggs.
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Not sure how to paste it in, and i'm not in the Photopool.
Bravo Mr. & Mrs. P !! Now I'm keeping everything crossed for those little chicks. Can't wait to see them :)
ReplyDeleteOh what fantastic news. So that is probably it then I would have to guess. Now the waiting game for the first to hatch. What a wonderful Easter present.Busy with renovations in the house next door.We shope to move in about 2 months or so from now. But will have to keep breaking off to keep in touch. Just can't miss it.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations once again.
Its great to see the picture that 'pigeon fancier' has managed to get. Just looked and it looks as tho something is bothering her. Another bird on higher cam but can't work out which one it is. Off for Easter break so won't be able to update for a while. Keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteShe does seem to be looking up a lot... maybe she's looking to see if it's stopped raining!
ReplyDeleteIn the light of some less than positive comments and remembering that several schools follow the blog and web cams, moderation has been applied again.
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Thank you for the info on moderation. I am willing to help if it is needed.
ReplyDeletePity the poor Scottish peregrines today - Huntly link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-72uk2p
Dad has dropped by for a visit
ReplyDeleteThe tiercel in on the rhs of the ledge preening whilst the falcon is on the eggs.
ReplyDeleteboth on the nest, and mum not too happy about it
ReplyDeleteIts great that the 4th egg has been laid and i absoulutely love having the peregrines so close to my house. But can i ask why the webcam isnt a live feed?? It would be 10 times better if it didnt just show different frames and if you could see it live. Like they have it on some of the other webcams on bop nests.
ReplyDeleteThe tiercel is huddled to stonework on tower cam, falcon sat tight on the eggs during sleet/snow showers.
ReplyDeleteWish I could be at the watchpoint tomorrow but have to go to work at the Royal Derby Hospital, where the Queen is coming after lunch in the Cathedral Quarter.
ReplyDeleteGreat news about the fourth egg!
Great to be watching the falcons again, I've introduced my Year 5's to them, and I hope they're watching them at home this week. Just one slight problem - can't access the videos - it's blank with a little box in the top LH corner with a circle, triangle and a square in it. any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteGreat news!! Another clutch of 4 eggs.... and now we wait.....
ReplyDeleteI'll be in Burton during the first week of May and I will try to visit if I can.
Steph, Canada
Oh and finally signed up to a Google account!!!
ReplyDelete@Carole, you probably can't see the videos in school as they are usually hosted by YouTube which is blocked by school filters. Try downloading them elsewhere using Real Player or http://vixy.net Hope that works for you.
ReplyDeleteThe Queen has arrived, but mum peregrine has four more important things to concern her! I wonder if she is aware of our VIP and the crowds below?
ReplyDeleteHi Carole, if they're youtube videos they will be blocked through the filter. Also flickr is blocked if you're a City school so you'll need to download the pictures to show to your Y5s!
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Three chicks appear to be receiving food from parent bird at 7.25 this evening
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