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Monday 31st May, 8:00 am to 10:00 am, Migrant Discovery Walk - nothing to do with patrolling the nation's borders, just a Bank Holiday Monday saunter through the wood and up the hill to renew acquaintance with tiny travellers back from incredible journeyings. A little party of early breakfasters...

We think - we may be wrong, but we don't think so - we think, we are fairly certain, the peregrines have hatched their first chick. This morning (Tuesday, 25th) the activity was intense up there on the ledge, with both parent birds in attendance most of the morning, and, thrillingly, around...

All is well with the peregrines. We watched a changeover yesterday in mid-afternoon, which was the first real action all day and gave some visitors a really good view of the off-duty bird sitting nearby. The nesting site is concealed behind a hedge of heather on a high ledge, so most sightings...

Another Monday in the Lakeside Hide: While we're waiting for the peregrines to hatch, there's nothing much happening on the cliff. A couple of times a day we see the parent bird fly off the ledge, circle round a few times, maybe rest for a while in a tree and then fly back to the ledge...