A second egg had arrived by early morning (20th) as expected.
It looks to be the same pale colour as the first. Thanks to Kate (for the screenshot) and Jean for the heads up!
And another screenshot from Kate in Devon:
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30 comments:
Yep! definitely 2nd egg, himself just visited shale side, so maybe he is off the get her some well earned. food.
another scap on flkr
Will the female ultimately die then in the long term if her foot doesn't recover? How could she have hurt it?
What does this mean, please?
"another scap on flkr"
So sorry folks that I have no video evidence of second egg arrival, last check was at midnight when I saw our female lying down covering the single egg that I had seen a bit earlier, thanks to our earlybird watchers for pics on flickr, maybe the next one will be in daylight hours with views on both cams!
@ anonymous
"another scap on Flckr"
we post screen shots on Flickr for all to see.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/derbyperegrines/pool/
Just added pic to Flickr showing both eggs
For the record here is footage of our female late last night (includes a pic of first egg showing blotches for later ID)
https://youtu.be/dFUHaW2KVds
Footage of female with two eggs plus male comes to visit
https://youtu.be/aGW-rVPgrXE
Whilst male was here I saw another Peregrine swoop low by the scrape (not on video as too fast) Our pair reactions to it are on this video ...
https://youtu.be/Nf6AOhQWEL0
Do hope it doesn't return to cause trouble to our female who is vulnerable with her eggs to guard!
Does anyone think that the male covered the eggs whilst female was on a break? Most unusual this early on!
https://youtu.be/wMpiITVZqLU?si=AxNCcNFp4EWCszK0
Do we know if they are the same birds as last year?
We have no ID rings to help us Jean but from behaviours after keeping watch on them overwinter they seem like the same pair to me, very comfortable with each other!
I'm curious about the unusual colour of the eggs our lady produces. How much can the colour vary? All the other eggs I've seen from various sites over the years have all been the same classic brown. Been watching our birds from the start. Used to look for the original pair sitting on the old Jury Inn sign on the way home from work.
@anonymous
I am no expert and understand there are several different answers from females diet to habitat maybe the TEAM will have an answer, but Peregrines do often lay a whitish egg with various stages of tints to the famous lovely dark red.
Take a look through the photos
https://www.flickr.com/groups/derbyperegrines/pool/with/52903713527
and you will see the eggs with varying colours from our previous birds,scroll anf think 2023 had some lovely variations.
Hope may help
This female does tend to lay pale eggs at the beginning of the clutch and then slightly darker more marked eggs later. We'll see if she keeps up the trend this year!
How do you know? Wasn't she new last year and only laid a couple of eggs?
Our female laid 4 eggs last year, 2 pale and 2 reddish brown, only one egg hatched and that was a reddish brown one! Going to be interesting to see what this year brings!
Some footage from mid-day...
https://youtu.be/6yqnn0eiRd4?si=L0tYCSOVsM4-et9c
It always makes me smile at how you call them our ... do you just think of the Derby birds this way or all the peregrines nesting?
Just the Derby pair, I do take an interest in Peregrines at many other locations but this is the nest site I have been monitoring for years so it feels personal
Seems to be more togetherness on the scrape with male again covering the eggs whilst female on a break, he spent quite a long time on scrape again this afternoon, wonder if they feel under threat?
https://youtu.be/f-u0vWjwyls?si=zqjAAlT6AGP7igWj
EGGWATCH again tomorrow anytime from mid-day onwards ... maybe 🥚🥚🥚🤞
Egg number 3 🥰 I’ve taken a screenshot just as she got up, I think it was as she’d laid it? I don’t know how to upload it and I’m not on social media.
Hi Wendy, third egg is already there!
Have put 2 photos on Flickr🥚🥚🥚
Thank you both so much, great scap on flickr Jean I have commented for you.
Mrs Lee I dont do social media either, but have a look through the flickr pages here,
https://www.flickr.com/groups/derbyperegrines/pool/
May help
Kate
Thanks Kate.
Mrs Lee you have to open a Flickr account to upload your photos to, and then join the Derby Peregrines group to be able to post your pictures. Hope this helps, took me a few attempts to get it to work.
Thanks so much. I’ll see if I can do it. I’ve followed our Peregrines for years but since coming off social media, I didn’t realise I was posting as anonymous.
@Mrs Lee
Yay!! well done you did it,Lovely scap, I left a comment for you on Flickr
Great news about THIRD EGG, thanks all for updates especially Mrs Lee who witnessed it being laid at 04.45, have seen the lovely flickr pics 😀
Third egg is revealed in this footage as male takes over, female is extremely noisy, she seems unsettled as if that intruder might still be around?
https://youtu.be/ZbvWWpOT3Oo?si=6QqCmlag9e0z9FHC
Just to say that there's now a newer blog post which folk may wish to leave their comments in.
Regards, NickM
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