It's (almost) all over bar the shouting!

Update 17th June:
The two youngsters continue to visit the nest platform though with less frequency as time goes on.
How much longer will they hang about in view of the web cams?

It was good to see a still from our cathedral web cam featuring prominently on the Wildlife Trusts national news story about the various web cams run by local trusts all over the UK:
Webcams | The Wildlife Trusts .

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The rain held off for today's final Watch Point (on 7th June).

One of our excellent team of volunteers, Joyce Sawford, wrote this report with some great photos by Luke Wibberley to whom thanks:

"We had a great Watchpoint today - over 200 visitors of all ages came to look through our telescopes and binoculars.
All four peregrines were visible for most of the time. The young male gave us some spectacular displays of how good he is at flying now! At one point he came back in to land on top of the right hand camera, knocking the adult male off in the process, who then flew back to his favoured perch above the ‘shield’ on the right above the nest ledge.

          The young male on the nave roof near the Watch Point
                                 Photo: Luke Wibberley

The young female never moved far from her comfortable spot on the crenellations below the nest ledge , and the adult female brought her down some food from the nest ledge just as we were packing away. At times the young female sat up with her back to us, so we could point out the row of pale feathers at the base of her tail, but she spent a lot it time lying flat out and resting.

                 The juvenile female just below the nest platform
                         Photo: Luke Wibberley

The adult female spent a lot of time keeping watch by the rain gulley on the left above the nest on a level with the grotesques, and she retrieved some prey from the right hand rain gulley, taking it back to the nest ledge for the young male and herself to share.

                 The juv male peers down at his sister below.
                            Photo; Luke Wibberley

Please, if you can, do send a donation to keep the webcams rolling, and we’ll look forward to seeing you all again at next year’s Watchpoints".

              Brother (above) and sister (below) show their relative
                 positions. Photo: Luke Wibberley.

Hopefully there'll still be something to see on the web cams with the young male showing up from time to time.

Thanks to everyone who has engaged with our project in its 20th season. Please do support us by making a donation to keep us running for next year and beyond.

The Project Team
The project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust with support from Derby Cathedral, Cathedral Quarter & the city Council's IT team