Despite several visits to the tower to try to see the eggs, so far we have failed....and currently for various technical reasons, we haven't been able to access the video recorder which has been on the blink! We're working on that.
There has been a very chilly east wind blowing for over a week and that has meant that the female, now well into incubation, has been sitting very tightly on her precious eggs.
So, as usual each year, we are now in a very quite, inactive phase of the breeding cycle.
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| Sight of our first chick back in 2014. Screengrab by Marski. |
Incubation lasts for just over 30 days so it will be a few weeks yet before hatching begins.
We remain hopeful that the web cams will be back on stream by then. Rest assured we are doing everything we can to ensure that will happen.
Meanwhile, there are other peregrine web cams to watch both in the UK and abroad. And, indeed web cams on many other bird (and some mammal) species too if you are feeling the need.
For example, the Wildlife Trusts nationally have several web cams available. See here.
There's a Dutch peregrine web cam here . This is near the top of a big cooling tower, a very lofty perch indeed! Incubation is underway there as well.....
And worldwide try this site here . Take just one species (eg the white tailed eagle) and there are over 30 web cams available though they are all in the USA or Canada.
Happy viewing!
The project team
3 comments:
I very much appreciate you keeping us up to date regarding the peregrines and their eggs. I think she is enjoying keeping the number of eggs a secret from us. Thank you for all your hard work.
Thanks for the info, hoping the cams will up and running for the hatching.
It is so sad not being able to see the birds this year.The joy of noting when a new egg is laid and the activity between the birds at this time is a joy.The hatching we will have to be patient and see if we can get pictures , let us hope so. keep up the work trying guys... Yvonne
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