As many of you know, the bottom of the nest platform, aka the scrape, has rotted and was sagging badly.
Today (21st) Nick Evans, who made it for us, has very kindly abseiled down on a freezing morning to check the situation and remove the heavy gravel and slates.
Wendy Bartter made this (compressed) video of Nick at work, work which actually took him over an hour!
The project team will discuss how to proceed and replace the existing structure well before the breeding season, perhaps using materials which will last longer.
We are confident the birds will not desert the nest or the cathedral and will continue to use the remaining parts of the platform as perches as winter progresses.
The Project Team
This project is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust with the help of volunteers, and supported by The Cathedral and the city council's IT team.
2 comments:
Excellent work by Nick this morning, although very cold, thankfully it remained dry and little wind. Well done everyone and also Thanks to our dear Wendy for bringing us the video,and for Nick allowing the cameras to keep rolling, very much appreciated, am sure the Birds will be inspecting the progress
Many thanks to Nick Evans for carrying out this laborious task in order to work out how best to proceed, we await further comments! Was great to observe an expert at work!! Have been watching quite closely this afternoon but no Peregrines as yet!
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