Friday 16 April 2021

Incubation continues

Update at 20th April: a fine view of the eggs as hatching approaches as captured by Wendy Bartter yesterday (19th):




As we slowly approach hatching there's not a lot happening - but Wendy Bartter has been capturing videos showing the changeovers between the male and female peregrines.
She has been putting links to them on the comments (eg to the last blog post) but here are two of the more recent ones - this one from 15th:


And this one from 16th. Wendy thinks the coloured eggs look a slightly different shape:



As hatching approaches, the female will begin to hear the cheeping of the chicks from inside the eggs.
She will become more 'fidgety', getting up and looking at the eggs and then sitting down on them again.
Hatching often takes place at night.....so we wonder which of you night owls will see a fluffy white chick first?

The Project Team

For anyone new to our project, please scroll down to read previous posts which will explain what has happened so far...and also click on the Webcams tab to watch the live webcams. Currently we have two giving different views of the incubating bird.....

22 comments:

Wendy Bartter said...

Changeover from other cam @11.12 ... https://youtu.be/qKyYvpvg__4
Lovely to hear Mrs DP talking to her eggs

Wendy Bartter said...

Very late first egg laid at Leicester this morning, hope for Cromer & Exeter yet!
First hatch at Morden today!

Wendy Bartter said...

Second chick out at Morden 15.59!

Anonymous said...

Webcam 2 appears to be down?

Wendy Bartter said...

Third chick at Morden, hope fourth one appears soon for a full house!

Wendy Bartter said...

Cam back up now, does go down from time to time but never for long!

Wendy Bartter said...

Mrs DP takes a break @ 23.35
https://youtu.be/kHZpG7Stu_E

Wendy Bartter said...

Two hatched at Kingston this morning about 9 hrs apart, still waiting on the third!
Leicester's first & only egg broken!

Wendy Bartter said...

Changeover @ 06.46 ... https://youtu.be/UaoCYb6Y0Nc
Colour change at sunrise ... https://youtu.be/s_K6rvxqAik
Changeover in the shade with magnified view of eggs ... https://youtu.be/S9BMjJ91ziA

Wendy Bartter said...

Egg #3 hatched earlt this morning, full house there!
Our female has been very fussy on eggs today, be interesting to see if she agrees to chàngeover with the male?

Wendy Bartter said...

Forgot to specify egg #3 @ Kingston College!

Anonymous said...

I saw one egg moving by itself last night when mama bird stood up. :) The night vision (or whatever it is) on webcam 1 kept switching off with a click at regular intervals though, so I could only see the nest for a few seconds at a time. That happened for several hours.

Wendy Bartter said...

Appreciate how irritating nightcam is at present but keep watching as hatch not too far off now IMO!
Caught this changeover @ 10.10 this morning having missed recording earlier one @ 09.31
https://youtu.be/QLztz_c1gxs

Anonymous said...

I definitely heard faint cheeping just now!

Anonymous said...

ONE CHICK HAS DEFINITELY HATCHED!

Anonymous said...

The female bird is eating one of the brown eggshells. :)

Wendy Bartter said...

Brilliant news, thanks for watching & posting, sorry I missed the moment!

Wendy Bartter said...

Dad comes in to see FIRST chick, chats to Mum but she won't changeover
https://youtu.be/PW3PiQkUkUE
Have to wait for next changeover for a clear view of the chick!

KATE said...

Yay!!! well done

Gillmor Class said...

we hav seen a wite flufy chick. we wer exssited.

Wendy Bartter said...

So pleased you saw a chick but now Mum refuses to move off them when Dad brings in some prey
https://youtu.be/7BYUG9MuqqM

Anonymous said...

think we may have a second chick. Mum is getting more skilled at feeding. the first chick is very vocal and appeared to have a good feed. the angle of the camera prevented me seeing much but thought there appeared to be a second chick showing. Chris M