Today's Watch Point was cancelled needless to say due to the interminable rain we are having. Hopefully Saturday's will be OK since the weather looks better by then!  |
| Newly-ringed chick |
Before it started to rain this morning (10th), the two chicks were ringed successfully!
It looks as if one was a female (the bigger one weighing circa 900 grams) and the other a male (ca. 700 grams).
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| Chick plus new shiny ring shows off its developing primary wing feathers. Photo Gillian Foxcroft |
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| Calm chick waits to be returned to its nest. Photo: Gillian Foxcroft |
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| Nick Moyes returns the chick to its nest platform Photo taken from the monitor in the tower |
The Project Team
6 comments:
Well done Team and Nick M,for usual climbing.
So Just two , but lovely one of each, have so missed the Cams this year,
but do thank you all for input and continuity.
Great work! I too have missed the cams.
Great work team, did chicks have colour ID ring on other leg?
Glad the ringing process went ok, well done Nick M and Team. Were the other two eggs still in the scrape enabling them to be collected for analysis? Probably parents had disposed of them I guess. Had a horrible suspicion we wouldn't be getting any live camera shots this year but thanks Team for the occasional updates.
Have just caught up with Sheffield's peregrine season and what a harrowing one it's been, see "turbulent times (2)". Just goes to show how much we still have to learn about these amazing birds.
Thanks for the pictures. Sure have missed the cameras. Maybe next year.
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