We realise many watchers still check the cameras and observe the birds roosting there, and we're sorry these views will no longer be available to you. It is an essential precursor for removal of the platform components themselves, and over the summer we will try to relocate the camera to give a second view from the new tower-top box.
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I'm sure many of you are watching other peregrine nests with chicks but why not also try the honey buzzard nest webcam in Sussex?
The nest is in a tall tree and two chicks have recently hatched. They are fed either on frogs or bits of wasp nest which contains very nutricious wasp grubs.
The male has a grey head and white bib while the female is brown and speckled on her head.
These are migrant birds spending the winter in Africa, returning to the northern hemisphere in May.
They are not closely related to common buzzards.
Rare in the UK, they are common elsewhere in N. Europe and right across Russia. They don't breed in Derbyshire but there's usually a pair or two in North Notts.
Here's the web cam:
The Project team
I've been watching the ospreys at Rutland and tweed valley where they had a disastrous season last year
ReplyDeleteOne home preening in the sunshine this am
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ReplyDeleteHas a date been agreed on when the old ledge & nesting area is being dismantled?
ReplyDeletenot yet and it depends on the weather among other things...
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ReplyDeleteSame here, watched the ospreys at Rutland, they're so silly looking... I love it. Haven't been able to check ours sadly but I'm happy to see from the comments they still visit!
ReplyDeleteI'll miss checking to see if they come home to roost
ReplyDeleteThank you Nick M nand Team,for all your years of abseiling,hoping that our Birds will explore the new abode soon. Thank you Nick B and all the Team also for ensuring the Blog and all behind the scenes having given us such wonderful insights to our wonderful Birds.You are and have all been truly appreciated.Take care.
ReplyDeleteWell said Kate, fully endorse your comments! Well folk, an end of an era, so many years of happy watching comes to an end on this original site, do hope we can continue with the new box becoming adopted by the current pair or even new birds ... many thanks for all watcher's comments over the years, hope some of you will keep an eye on the new location!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate and Wendy for your lovely comments and for your support and watchful eyes over so many years. Fingers crossed this is not the end of the project but just a short hiatus.
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That's it ...no more falcon watching at derby cathedral till hopefully they start to use the new box bye bye
ReplyDeleteThere's a bird in the nest box at the moment. Sunday 19th 18.31 - it looks white but could be the camera colour being off I suppose? Maybe it's a pigeon. It's bottom right of the camera as you look at the screen.
ReplyDeleteSorry I missed this but does sound as if it could be a pigeon/dove as they have been seen in here before very briefly
ReplyDeleteJust for the record my footage of the day that cam #2 went off & original nestbox dismantled ... only 18 days ago, seems longer!!
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I thought this would be of the actual dismantling and cleaning of the stonework but it wasn't. :(
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the camera had to be switched off from the tower controls before the guys abseiled down to carry out the dismantling & clean up
DeleteYes. The cameras had to be dismantled first, and we didn't want them to have any power in them when they came down. Sorry about that.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, is anyone noticing less 'slapping noise' from the flagpole since we were up there? The noise can be heard not only via Cam 1 but also from the street below (and nearby offices).
We've tried to help the Cathedral by constructing a mechanism to add extra tension on the halyards. As far as I can tell, they now only slap around on especially windy days. I'd be interested to know what others think.
Have the peregrines moved on somewhere else because I haven't seen them around for such a long time! Maybe they have!
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