Peregrine egg thief gets jail sentence

A covert operation by the RSPB has resulted in a man from mid Derbyshire being jailed for stealing peregrine eggs from a nest in a quarry near Bolsover.
This is the first custodial sentence for this offence in the county and a welcome step up from the paltry fines which have previously been handed out.

See also:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-67987416 

The theft of peregrine eggs for sale (usually as chicks once they have hatched) continues since they fetch such high prices in the Middle East. 
The RSPB, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and the police have been working on this issue for several years with covert cameras up at several nest sites in remote parts of the county.

The Project Team
The Project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Welcome to 2024!

 Happy New Year to all our Peregrine watchers!

The indefatigable Wendy Bartter continues to make many video clips of our birds through the relatively quiet winter months and puts them on You Tube.

Here's the one she made today - 1st January 2024 which has the female  preening in the sunlight and then repeatedly calling to her mate (from about 2 minutes in).
To find others, please check out the comments to previous posts...and also commenst to this post for any new ones.
Thanks Wendy so much for all you excellent work with these videos!

Last year we had over 224,000 views showing just how popular these Derby peregrine are across the globe. Our Project began back in 2006, and webcameras and were installed a year later. Since that time the cameras have attracted over 5.1 million unique visitors!
Scroll down the blog and you will find a Clustrmap showing where all our blog visitors and readers have come from over the past month.

Best wishes

The Project Team