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Reassuring to see one of our adult falcons still using the Leonardo Hotel, with its clear view across to the Derby Cathedral tower.
An adult peregrine falcon perched on the projecting ‘H’ of the Leonardo Hotel building.
September 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Flowerpots have their ‘extra’ uses, too.

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A peregrine falcon chick sits in a flowerpot whilst being weighed and ringed.
May 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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@wendybartter.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky, Wendy.

This one’s for you!

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June 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Today's the last day of National Nestbox Week!

So who's built a nice big one like ours?

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A man pokes his head up through the base of a large peregrine falcon nest box, with views over a city in the distance.
February 21, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Interesting day today. Planted a small Cox’s Orange Pippin 🍎 on the allotment this morning…
Then helped out with a big abseil off Derby Cathedral this afternoon.

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February 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Juvenile peregrine falcon.

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A juvenile female peregrine falcon about to be rescued when it came down in the street.
June 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Great news that #DerbyPeregrines have now hatched a second chick.

Live webcam here: derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/p/our-webcam...

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A peregrine falcon tenderly feeds one of two newly-hatched chicks, with two other, as yet unhatched, eggs beside them.
April 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
nickmoyes.bsky.social
Great webcam views of #DerbyPeregrines, today.

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Derby Peregrines Chick's impressive wing flaps 21st May 2025
YouTube video by Wendy Bartter
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May 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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No signs yet that our peregrines have discovered the new nest box we've built for them. Hoping they're not put off by its "scandi sauna vibe" - as one reviewer described it!

Webcams here:
derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/p/our-webcam...

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matthewcr.bsky.social matthewcr @matthewcr.bsky.social · Mar 8
Derby Cathedral - this box is brand spanking new with a scandi sauna vibe, we will have to see if the peregrines take to it. The previous nest box suffered some sort of structural collapse and the second camera here still points at that

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a brand new but as yet unoccupied nest box a peregrine falcon perched on some sort of metal bar fixed to the side of a cathedral
March 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Right, lunch over, and these network cables ain’t going to lay themselves up the spiral staircase!

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View up a spiral staircase with lighting and network cables running up its centre
August 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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A full feed of our two Peregrine chicks this afternoon.
It’s looks like the other two eggs won’t hatch now.

youtu.be/J0YviLJVIaU

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Derby Peregrines Mum brings prey at 18:55 24th April 2025
YouTube video by Wendy Bartter
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April 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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After teasing us for the last couple of days, the young male #peregrine that got blown off its nest ledge has made it back on its own.
Very good news!
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Two juvenile peregrine falcons on a gravel-filled nest platform. The view looks down upon the nave roof of Derby Cathedral
May 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
nickmoyes.bsky.social
That #DerbyPeregrines for you!
Here’s a clip from earlier today of our #birds being fed.

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April 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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A few pictures from today’s peregrine chick ringing at #DerbyCathedral

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An 18-day old peregrine falcon chick. An 18-day old peregrine falcon chick. Two circa 18-day old peregrine falcon chicks. A climber returns two peregrine falcon chicks to an artificial nest ledge after they were rung (=banded)
May 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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It’s always a thrutchy start to an abseil off #DerbyCathedral.

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March 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Webcams: derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/p/our-webcam...
A peregrine falcon with chicks on a wooden nest ledge on the side of Derby Cathedral, England. A peregrine falcon with chicks on a wooden nest ledge on the side of Derby Cathedral, England.
April 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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We ringed (=banded) our two Peregrine Falcon chicks on the tower of #DerbyCathedral today.

Photos and videos of the abseil are now on our blog. derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/2025/05/ring...
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Ringing goes well
The ringing of the two chicks today (8th May) went smoothly as usual and the two were quickly returned to their nest with bling on their leg...
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May 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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They won't like this nest box that I built, then!!

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A grey-painted wooden nest box for a peregrine falcon situated on Derby Cathedral's 14th century tower roof
March 31, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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It's (almost) all over bar the shouting!
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 wit...
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June 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Two #birds in the hand are worth one in a flowerpot

…or something like that.

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A white, fluffy peregrine falcon chick sits in a brown flowerpot whilst being weighed and rung. Two white fluffy peregrine falcon chicks are held in the hands of a licensed bird ringer.
May 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Feeding time over - let's clear up this smelly nest scrape!

Watch and listen live here: derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/p/our-webcam...

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A peregrine falcon removes bird corpse after feeding her two white chicks. An unviable egg lies on the nest scrape nearby.
May 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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It was all cracking off today...

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Still around
It was all cracking off at the cathedral earlier this afternoon just before 2 pm. With what looked like the female on the nest platform, the...
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April 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Peregrine Falcon Watch Points begin in Derby City Centre this Saturday (24th May 2025).
Full details here:
derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/p/watchpoint...

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Watch Points
We are running four Peregrine Watchpoints during May -  early June 2025 Friendly  volunteers meet and talk with a wide range of visitors o...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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It’s a new dawn
It’s a new day
And here’s a speeded up clip of yesterday’s feed of the two #derbyperegrines chicks.
Two eggs still unhatched.
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A peregrine falcon on a wooden nest platform on the side of Derby Cathedral at dawn, with the first glimmer of sunlight. A peregrine falcon on a wooden nest platform on the side of Derby Cathedral at dawn, lit by the first glimmer of morning sunlight.
April 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
nickmoyes.bsky.social
Great news!
After worrying that our young peregrine falcon, which had been blown off in strong winds a few days ago, was dead or dying, today we discovered it alive and well on the roof of nearby buildings.
See webcam and blog for details:

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The juvenile male Peregrine Falcon perched on the apex of a roof of a building near Derby Cathedral on Full Street. A juvenile male Peregrine Falcon perched on the apex of a roof of a building near Derby Cathedral on Full Street.
May 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM