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We've got a treat for you - an exclusive bit of behind the scenes stuff ! The Manchester peregrine chicks are being ringed tomorrow and for the first time ever we're able to leave the nest cams on whilst it's being done. Tune in at around noon tomorrow (Wednesday 22 May) to see how the team...

We only told you about their arrival on Wednesday , but there's some sad news from Cardiff I'm afraid. It seems that the last week of torrential ran and colder temperatures has taken its toll on the peregrine chicks and one of them hasn't made it. Luckily the two remaining chicks are looking...

Getting the nest cam up for the Lincoln peregrines has been far from straight forward as we told you last week , but I'm pleased to announce that the nest cam is now live! You can now keep up with all the action from the nest even if you're not there. And even better - we can now confirm that...

There's been a bit of a baby boom for our Dates with Nature this week. The three Manchester peregrine chicks were the first to arrive, with the first two chicks making their appearance on 4 May and the third on 6 May. We can't confirm whether the fourth egg has hatched or not, and many people...

Last thing on Friday, I posted a quick update to let you know the exciting news that the first Chichester peregrine chick had hatched . Well, chick number 1 was quickly followed by chick number 2, who arrived a short while after. The second egg was only laid an hour after the first, so it's no big...

The first egg has hatched! There's three more in the nest so shouldn't be too long before they hatch too. What a cracking start to the weekend! This was the female about to leave the nest yesterday afternoon. Photo by biteyourbum.com

One of this year's osprey chicks from Loch Garten has made some impressive progress and had made it to West Africa already, just two weeks after leaving Scotland! Is it Alba or is it Caledonia? To find out check out the latest post on the Loch Garten osprey diary .

It looks like "blue 80" returned to the nest at Glaslyn after being AWOL for the last 10 days. She appeared on the nest on Thursday morning and was promptly chased off by one of the other chicks. Was "blue 80" just testing out her wings over the last week and a half or do you think...

Both the Aberfoyle osprey chicks have fledged over the last couple of weeks. In fact the youngest chick fledged 48 hours after its older sibling, which is the same amount of time between them hatching too! Both the chicks are busy trying out their new found flying skills, but have been seen coming back...

It sounds like the Glaslyn osprey chicks are putting their wings to good use and learning some new tricks this week. To find out check out the latest post on the Glaslyn osprey diary .

As Caledonia and Alba get used to their new found freedom and get ready for their first migration to Africa in a few weeks time, the Loch Garten team have been keeping track of what the young ospreys are up to, even when they can't actually see them. To find out more, check out the latest post on...

Guest blogger: Lindsay Wilson, Land's End information assistant It has finally happened - the great black-backed gull chicks here at Land's End have flown the nest, and we were there to witness it! Both were practicing flapping and hopping and gliding a little in the updrafts one particularly...

Friday 13th may be unlucky for some, but it didn't stop the team up at the Aberfoyle ospreys from attempting to ring the two osprey chicks. (There were originally three chicks, but unfortunately the youngest succembed to the bad weather.) The only bad luck they had was the heavens opening as they...

Looks like the first of the Loch Garten osprey chicks has taken the plunge and fledged. Find out more on the Loch Garten osprey diary blog .

Guest blogger: Lindsay Wilson, Land's End Information Assistant Well, what a difference a couple of weeks make. Our adorable little fluffy great black-backed gulls , who we've taken to calling "our little darlings", are not so little any more. A herring gull landed beside one of...

Guest blogger - Claire Powell, Information Officer, Edinburgh sparrowhawks It's been a busy week here in Edinburgh. Saturday's horrendous weather didn't stop a few people venturing out and we ran our Sparrowhawk Family weekend including our name the chick competition. Unfortunately due...

With the Glaslyn and Loch Garten osprey chicks already ringed and tagged, last week saw the turn of the solitary Lake District osprey chick. The chick, which appears to be a male, is now six weeks old and seems to be in good health. He was fitted with a satellite transmitter and a white id ring with...

Last week it was the Glaslyn osprey chicks turn to be ringed and it looks like the poor male is completely outnumbered as we think all three of the chicks are female! The chicks are getting really big now, trying to pull apart their fish suppers by themselves and practicing with their wings...

Guest blogger: Louise Smith, Communications Officer for RSPB Scotland The Manchester peregrines may have seen their chicks fledge, but the Edinburgh sparrowhawks are just getting started. Over the last couple of days, four out of the six eggs in the nest have hatched! The first chick, courtesy...

Big thanks to Graham Roberts of The Sussex Ornithological Society who took this brilliant family portrait of the Chichester peregrine chicks just before they were ringed.

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...

Blimey, it really is all go at Locah Garten at the moment. After all the excitement with Gloria and her ducklings yesterday, the third osprey chick hatched out yesterday evening too! To find out more, check out the latest on the Loch Garten osprey diary .

If you managed to catch the hatching goldeneyes on the webcam yesterday (and even if you didn't), you're sure to enjoy the photos of Gloria's eight ducklings taking their visit trip into the world over on the Loch Garten osprey diary . Warning: they're excessively cute!

Guest blogger: Lindsay Wilson, Land's End Information Assistant This weekend was full of excitement at Land's End - not only with the arrival of the Olympic flame, but also the long awaited arrival of the three great black-backed gull chicks! They are adorable little balls of grey speckled...

Last week , we announced the news that for the first time all the Chichester peregrine chicks were male. However, it looks like we've got ourselves another first instead. After looking at the data again, it's been decided that we just can't tell at this stage what sex the chicks are! It was...