Growing up fast and chick ringing imminent

Update Thursday 8th: the two chicks will be ringed this afternoon, probably between about 2.30 and 3.30 pm.
Skilled abseilers Jess Eades and Nick Moyes will go down on ropes from the top of the tower.
Jess will bag and lower the chicks to the nave roof where they will be taken inside and ringed, weighed and measured. Nick will carry out some maintenance work on the platform meanwhile.
Chloe Pritchard, a licenced bird ringer, will process the chicks in a room inside the tower before they are bagged up again and returned to the nest.

The cams will be kept on so you will see human bodies at the nest and need not worry!

Photos and details will be posted on the blog afterwards.


This video made by Wendy Bartter on 6th May shows just how the two chicks have grown.
On 7th May they were 18 and 16 days old.

The size difference might indicate that the smaller chick is a male but time will tell.

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The Project Team 

The project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust with great support from its excellent partners The Cathedral, Cathedral Quarter and the city council's IT team.