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Hello all. Welcome to my tenth and final blog post this year. I'd like to thank everyone who came down to see me sitting high up on st. johns this year and for you guys that enjoyed following on my blog posts. If any of you have't been down yet I'll look forward to seeing you some time. Don't...

Hello Hello Its me Mr P. Who wants to see a picture of my 11 week old chicky P? Here we go then. She's taking after her mum and has already out grown me. She's been making a name for herself amongst the local gulls as I can't tell you how many times I've seen her being sent packing...

Hello again. It's me, Mr P. Well it's been a little while since we last caught up on what we've been up to in Bath. As you might have seen in springwatch a few weeks ago, my chicks have fledged. Chicky P my boy obviously mistook that when he hatched out in a puddle of water that he was a...

Hello again. Biggest news for all is me and the rest of the Peregrine family here at Bath are live on Springwatch tonight. Not just that, but we've been their feature for the week. I see the sunshine never lasted that long and we're back with the cold and rain. Speaking of rain I've...

Hello. Time for another update by me, your local peregrine. On Sunday, the chicks went for a little stroll!!! I'm not too sure where they went but when they were back they had some cool new bangles like me. I think people call it ringing. Here's a picture Ed Drewitt gave me of one of my chicky...

Hello folks. Its time once again for me to give you an update on how things are going in Bath . The weather has got a bit cheerier now so Mrs P has been able to stop brooding and come out to hunt. This means we can start doing one of my favorite activities. The food pass. This is where we hand...

Hello. Good news. I've got two little chicky P's. P junior has finally started getting his own dinner and even sharing it with the family. Now there's the difference a week makes. He's making his old man proud. It's not often a peregrine like me gets a babysitter. Just goes...

Hello. It's me again . Mr P the Bath peregrine. I'm in a jolly mood today writing this and not just because its dry for a change, but because yesterday my first chick of the year hatched out. That's right, Chicky P popped its head into the world just as the rain stopped and the sun came...

Hi, I'm Mr P the Bath peregrine . I'll be doing a blog on Wednesday evenings to let you know the crazy things an urban peregrine like myself gets up to through the week. A brief catch up for those of you how don't know me already. I was born on Saint Johns church in 2007. In 2008 my...

World record holder Usain Bolt may have broken all records when he ran the 100m in 9.58 seconds. But, he's got nothing on the peregrine falcon . At their fastest, these aerial masters of the sky have been recorded flying at a breathtaking 100m a second. That's 10 times faster than the fastest...

Guest blogger: Anja Bradley, Bath peregrines team Well, we’re coming to the end of this trial project in Bath and all appears to be well with our glorious family of peregrines. Despite early season mishaps - including falling out of the nest box, turning up water-logged in the police station...

It looks like our Bath peregrines are proving to be a handful even after they've fledged. A few weeks ago the female chick, CV, disappeared. She can usually be found on her favourite perch on St John's church, sat with her brothers, but she went missing for a couple of days. Then Mike Rogers...

Guest blogger: Anja Bradley, our girl on the ground in Bath All the Bath peregrine chicks have flown the nest box! On Friday the Hawk & Owl Trust had to rescue an adventurous chick who had ended up out of the nest and somewhere he shouldn't be! He was popped back onto the ledge, but decided...

There was quite a ruckus in Bath over the weekend with a new female peregrine arriving and making a challenge for the territory. Our ringed male, AA, showed why he's top dog by chasing the intruder for ten minutes before locking talons with her and tumbling through the pure blue sky. After he'd...

Sad news from Bath I'm afraid. Whilst three of the peregrine eggs in the nest hatched out successfully over the Easter weekend, unfortunately egg number 4 didn't. It's a real shame, but we're sure mum and dad will have their hands full feeding the three youngsters that are left. We'll...

The peregrines nesting on St John's Church in Bath have certainly been busy this year as they officially take the British record for the earliest breeding peregrines in the UK in 2011. By 18 March they’d laid four eggs, beating all other peregrines by a fortnight! And from next Monday...