Dave Farmer pix from today show the juvenile in great shape

 Photo taken by Dave Farmer today (Wednesday 14th) show the juvenile looking good!
Dave said: Juvenile looking really great. All alone. Adults not around.

It fed for about an hour right at the back of a lead water spout so only it's back end could be seen.

Much wing flapping just like when it was on the nest before fledging. Eventually it took off, did a 180 and flew away strongly and high in the sky.

Thanks Dave!

The Project Team

This project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.

Dave Farmer's Photos from Saturday and good news of the juvenile

The juvenile came to ground late last night (12th) totally soaked after heavy rainfall. James Rigby captured this photo of a very bedraggled bird on a low wall.

A local animal sanctuary arrived within minutes and took it away to dry it out. The bird is fine and will be released back up the top of the tower shortly. 
Big thanks to David Ball who was there last night and who contacted the project today with information about where the bird had been taken and also thanks to Linjoy Animal Sanctuary for their prompt arrival at the scene last night and for looking after the bird!
5pm and the young male (for that is definitely what he is) was taken to the tower top and released. He should be fine now.
Big thanks to Mark from Linjoy Animal Sanctuary for bringing him back and climbing all those (189) stone steps to the top!

The photos below by Dave Farmer are from Saturday: three of the juvenile and the final one of one of the adults.
We are really grateful to Dave for his great images.

The Project Team
The project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust with support from partners Derby Cathedral, the City Council and Cathedral Quarter.

Dave Farmer's Photos taken (2nd June) and an Update 10th June

Long standing project volunteer, Helen, provided this summary of today's (final) Watch Point:
Today was very busy with a lot of visitors coming to look at the birds through our telescopes.
Both adult birds were on the tower at the beginning of the morning, which made us think that the juvenile was probably on the nave roof below. After a short while he was spotted in flight, before landing high up on one of the pinnacles on the tower. 

The youngster was quite active for a lot of the time, making several flights over the watch point and around the tower. He was seen flying strongly and landed well after each flight. It was wonderful to see him looking so confident already. Towards the end of the morning the adult male bird brought some freshly caught prey back to one of the grotesques on the tower, which he plucked and ate. The youngster who had been perched lower down out of sight, flew up to join the adult male and was rewarded with a feed.
A Red Kite drifted overhead a couple of times during the watch point. On both occasions one of the adult birds was very quick to see it off, giving the visitors below some exciting aerial views. The adult peregrines looked quite small in comparison to the kite, but the peregrines definitely had the upper hand! 
In addition, a swarm of honey bees was spotted and up to six swifts also.

The consensus seems to be that the juvenile is a male given his small size but we can't be 100% sure.

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Dave Farmer took these photos today (2nd June) which show how well advanced the chick is now....though it is some way off fledging as yet.

Many thanks to Dave for his super images!

The Project Team
The Project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, brilliantly supported by Derby Cathedral, the City Council's IT team and Cathedral Quarter.