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Last weekend the peregrines at Lincoln Cathedral had a lucky escape when one of the young was found on the bonnet of Porsche car.

After being checked over by staff from a local wildlife hospital, the young peregrine was returned to a ledge just below the nest site on the Cathedral, unharmed from the ordeal.

All the family are doing well, and are visible from the RSPB viewpoint.

The two juvenile peregrines at Malham are now fledged and flying well. Visitors to the viewpoint are being treated to some brilliant talon touching displays, as well as other aerobatic demonstrations.

Having just mastered the ability to land in trees with some accuracy - narrow ledges will be the target over the next few days!

We are pleased to see that the harrier family has survived the last few days torrential rain intact. The eldest three chicks have passed the three week mark and are now looking quite powerful. The smaller two chicks are also growing up fast.

Feeding time at the nest has become very exciting as each chick jostles for food.
 
Guided walks and nest camera viewing continue at Kilmory Hall. Call 07899 675131 for details.

Experience the day-to-day life of one of our rarest raptors through breathtakingly close CCTV camera footage of a hen harrier family.

Visitors to Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park have already been treated to amazing display flights, or ‘sky-dancing’, from the Clyde Muirshiel hen harriers on our guided walks, and seen TV highlights from previous years.

With the live pictures from the nest now rolling, get even closer to this amazing family and their four chicks.

Don't forget there is a free bus running to Muirshiel Country Park from Lochwinnoch every Saturday from 16 June-23 July 2007. If you would like to book a place on the bus, please call the Park on 01505 842803.

This is the first year that three chicks have hatched to the ospreys at Aberfoyle, and we are all very thrilled to see the new chicks in the nest.

Live CCTV footage of the nest can be viewed in the osprey centre at David Marshall Lodge, and visitors to the centre are being treated to spectacular views of the new arrivals and proud parents.

The male osprey has been busy bringing in fish to the nest. We've got our fingers crossed that the male can catch enough fish to feed the family, and are hoping for some dry, sunny weather, which will make catching the fish easier.

Come and join us at the Aberfoyle viewing project to watch all the action from the nest.

Saturday saw two of the three eggs hatch in the osprey nest at Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria.

With the arrival of a new female osprey very late in this year’s breeding season, there has been an anxious wait to see if any chicks would hatch this year. In previous years, the chicks have hatched out before the end of May.

The male will now be kept very busy providing fish for the two chicks and his mate.

Join us at the Lake District Osprey Project viewpoint to watch the male fishing in the lake, and pop in to see us at the visitor centre for live pictures from a camera on the nest itself.

Our Cornwall chough watchpoint has now closed for this year. The birds are rarely seen from the watchpoint as the family has grown up and moved on.

The birds can sometimes be seen at Kynance - at the end of the footpath, or park in the NT car park at Kynance and you might see them feeding nearby.

Visit our Cornwall Chough Project pages and find out more about what we are doing to protect the wild chough population in England.

The three eldest hen harrier chicks are now preening and their adult feathers are starting to come through.

With five lively harrier chicks to feed, the female has been spending less and less time at the nest and is now hunting and bringing voles back for her young.

As they wait to be fed, the young are spending much of their time in the shade at the edge of the nest.

The Isle of Arran is also home to red deer, golden eagles, and red squirrels. Join us at our viewpoint in Kilmory Village Hall to see some of Scotland's most iconic wildlife.

The recent RSPB/BBC North West Tonight competition to name Manchester City Centre’s four peregrine falcon chicks attracted hundreds of entries. The winning names are:

Sora - the Japanese for Sky
Perry - as in Peri-grine
Phoenix - because of the rebuilding after the Manchester bombings
Eggwin - named in honour of United goalkeeper Edwin (Eggwin) van der Saar.

The fantastic four are expected to make their maiden flights within the next fortnight. We hope you can join us in the City Centre to watch Manchester's peregrines.

We're taking Exeter peregrines to Plymouth for our Springwatch Festival on June 9.

Come and find us in Plymouth City Centre Piazza were you'll get to see footage from the live peregrine webcam, plus join in with a range of other fun activities throughout the day.

This year, the Malham Cove peregrines chose the nest site they last occupied in 2004, and at the end of March/beginning of April laid four eggs.

Two of the chicks hatched, and visitors to the viewpoint can regularly see Sophie and Joshua (named after the grandchildren of two of our volunteers) at the edge of the nest ledge eating and exercising.

As well as watching magnificent flying displays from the parent birds, we also regularly see little owls, great spotted woodpeckers, redstarts, green woodpeckers (feeding on the Meadow Ant colonies), treecreepers, goldfinches and spotted flycatchers.

Visitors to Kilmory Village Hall on the Isle of Arran were recently treated to the successful hatching of three hen harrier chicks live on CCTV.

The live nest camera is proving fascinating viewing; we've seen the male harrier attempt to brood the chicks – something that has not been seen on Arran before.

Go wild on Arran and join us at the viewpoint to watch the young family grow.