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Sunday, 24 September 2023

Into winter

Thanks to the regular videos that Wendy Barrter puts on You Tube we know that the adult pair are returning to the nest platform (aka 'scrape') from time to time.
They will continue to do this throughout the winter to ensure no intruding peregrines think the nest is unoccupied.

                                Female flying towards the camera by Dave Farmer. May 2023

Here's one of Wendy's recent videos but there are more if you scroll down to the comments to the previous blog post. This one shows the female preening on the platform.



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This project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, with The Cathedral, Cathedral Quarter and Derby City Council (especially its IT team) as partners.

35 comments:

  1. Adult, I believe female, was already on scrape when I logged on this morning, it was a very long visit, here is some of it ...
    https://youtu.be/6EZ0G5SARk8?si=O9ajhAhonC1WTxsB

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  2. Hi there, a few months ago, two peregrines tried to nab a pigeon in my garden, a few feet away from me. Last week, there was the remains of a pigeon in my garden (just the feet left!) Today, magpies have been going crazy, so I went to the window and a peregrine has caught a pigeon! He/she saw me and flew with it only a few feet (I think it could be the juvenile, as it was small) I have tried to take a video of it eating the pigeon behind a tree in my garden. It's amazing!

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  3. Would be very interesting to see your video Anonymous! If you upload it to Youtube you can get the URL to post on here!

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  4. A blow-by-blow account of Peregrine chick development, not UK but very informative ...
    https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/peregrine-faqs/peregrine-chicks-week-to-week-development/

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  5. Is this our female having a scrape & a preen this morning?
    https://youtu.be/8qEihgVQ-0o?si=j8_M1ylmMXsYtfcu

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  6. Somebody had a field day ...
    https://youtu.be/S-XXIL1tHYY?si=VVctmxna0CqrnoT4

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  7. On cam2 and against the far side of the scrape, it looks like there is an egg.

    Is it an egg, and if so can anybody identify - or speculate - on the species of bird that laid it? Or has somebody in the local table tennis club been a tad overenthusiastic?

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  8. Hi DW, yes that is an egg and is a Peregrine's egg from the season just gone which failed to hatch! It will be collected from the scrape before the beginning of next season when both scrapes are cleaned & refreshed with gravel & slate!

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  9. Wendy, thanks for the info. I thought it looked to small to be a peregrine egg, but it is difficult to judge size and perspective on the nest cams.

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  10. Know what you mean DW, shame it's just out of shot on cam #1!

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  11. Adult, female I think, on scrape now, can see her head as nearer to cam, been there about an hour already!

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  12. A catch up with Adult visits to the scrape
    11th Oct ... https://youtu.be/PZXdZ5T-XgQ?si=Z1MVHd0W20AYALfR

    19th Oct ... https://youtu.be/RCSfNcvxTzw?si=5m6_BTfE-Ro2VemY

    25th Oct ... https://youtu.be/_4RIafLSQr8?si=aFSRHTtCAVALPflN

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  13. So good to see bonding between our pair albeit very brief
    https://youtu.be/tdbVFpDlq0g?si=bPBBt1p6TDwgvM0F

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  14. Two visits this morning

    https://youtu.be/VC7rgZKTYHM?si=7Ykspml9TUsQzXCi


    https://youtu.be/sxoaYaAgCnk?si=s1weoCGjd575z3Ka

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  15. Latest two visits from our female, 7th & 9th Nov
    https://youtu.be/-_Kun9B_5Qs?si=74491Yg1AmL35Y8D

    https://youtu.be/HHQ9aILmpVU?si=mH--gSS8sY-wynv8

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  16. Some serious scraping in the box this morning
    https://youtu.be/z2-MvRgXZhM?si=EU5q6hxnnm5Yz72m

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  17. Good to catch a long bonding session today ...

    https://youtu.be/_i4miNHFOs0?si=ivuaYN3Xd57lMeq0

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  18. Prolonged visit today with 'A Brief Encounter'
    https://youtu.be/Hwvw79-0YbA?si=TtexBKHh16RWBOwK

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  19. Well fed female visiting this morning

    https://youtu.be/E8e3X4Mfr90?si=NjhlxffIQb-_kEo6

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  20. Our lovely pair bonding in the sunshine this morning ...
    https://youtu.be/KjL1364ZfIw?si=UWN30lbXSJxPqT59

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  21. Couple of weekend visits
    https://youtu.be/_dpJ15wlqls?si=ukYHvhr4jCc5TQzU

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  22. More bonding this morning, shorter session though, towards the end you can see one fly to the moulding above the camera still calling
    https://youtu.be/95Ih2EKxUMM?si=pAbfnslKiGXShbmo

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  23. Snow on the scrape 2nd & 3rd Dec 2023
    https://youtu.be/0nJi1e52IBM?si=iHayLHM75qOPzbtL

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  24. Quick first visit this morning, she did return a bit later but perched in other scrape with only some of her head showing
    https://youtu.be/Z7wKhR1EY6A?si=ATqkk9cZOfaZYlkx

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  25. Female visiting this morning looked to have a wet head ... bathing or caught in the rain? She stayed in that corner of the scrape for a very long time!
    https://youtu.be/3ZDLD70JuNA?si=MtRPqNLm-iy1uUFO

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  26. Catch up with visits to the scrape

    11th ... https://youtu.be/L6uzSVADr4k?si=Gvu7g9MH9-fiKhce

    15th - 17th ... https://youtu.be/Wl7Hal_td-s?si=wxXqTuNPznGKP-SY

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  27. Some of this morning's long visit
    https://youtu.be/9UilBeJsIJQ

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  28. Logged on this morning to find a bonding session in progress, a long vid to show their behaviours
    https://youtu.be/ocgW89KEk4k

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  29. Female was calling to male this morning but he never came into our view
    https://youtu.be/WduH5iRCuV4

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  30. Another catch-up, sorry a bit late due to tech problems
    21st
    https://youtu.be/aRhTZPVDIl0?si=p4UxERLKRcOp6U0n

    22nd
    https://youtu.be/6Z7brQCPAlM?si=C3kvP51VUhILl-Hb

    Christmas period
    https://youtu.be/-IeWBtVl52g?si=A_Zc0ckis6I71SRA

    28th
    https://youtu.be/l3DHwx70LAo?si=tGz3hQzCtVNouR0n

    Hope you all had a good Christmas! Looking forward now to the new nesting season!

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  31. Another catch-up, sorry a bit late due to tech problems
    21st
    https://youtu.be/aRhTZPVDIl0?si=p4UxERLKRcOp6U0n

    22nd
    https://youtu.be/6Z7brQCPAlM?si=C3kvP51VUhILl-Hb

    Christmas period
    https://youtu.be/-IeWBtVl52g?si=A_Zc0ckis6I71SRA

    28th
    https://youtu.be/l3DHwx70LAo?si=tGz3hQzCtVNouR0n

    Hope you all had a good Christmas! Looking forward now to the new nesting season!

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  32. Some catch up videos covering 21st to 28th Dec with apologies for delay due to serious tech problems on laptop exacerbated by my posting on a very out-of-date blog page ... whoops!!
    21st ... https://youtu.be/aRhTZPVDIl0?si=cVWtFIrp4-pEWRPg
    22nd ... https://youtu.be/6Z7brQCPAlM?si=1Po3-RIDWMZ4AIFO
    Christmas ... https://youtu.be/-IeWBtVl52g?si=7sJERdoC7DIQCXEb
    28th ... https://youtu.be/l3DHwx70LAo?si=GhWBMb9viqlm378e

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  33. A catch-up of videos much delayed due to serious tech problems exacerbated by my posting them on an out-of-date blog page ... whoops!!
    21st ... https://youtu.be/aRhTZPVDIl0?si=bpwpa0uwAxKR953-
    22nd ... https://youtu.be/6Z7brQCPAlM?si=0pX4bVeRxF9vBUqN
    Christmas ... https://youtu.be/-IeWBtVl52g?si=uQuv4uq14r8OE1y0
    28th ... https://youtu.be/l3DHwx70LAo?si=Y16WKznDuwfUcMOr

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  34. A catch up of videos unfortunately much delayed due to serious tech problems with tablet and laptop exacerbated by my posting them on an out-of-date blog page ... whoops!!
    21st ... https://youtu.be/aRhTZPVDIl0?si=vACwka3cftR7D-CF
    22nd ... https://youtu.be/6Z7brQCPAlM?si=gBCTJY2Dxwdk3zYI
    Christmas ... https://youtu.be/-IeWBtVl52g?si=hYgm6WSBWWdJGI1D
    28th ... https://youtu.be/l3DHwx70LAo?si=177ItHH30YhdpX9x

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  35. Only just realised I have been posting all of December videos on the wrong blog page ... sorry!

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