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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. 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 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...

It was Tuesday 24 April, a still and wonderfully sunny day. Four of us began at Kiloran Dunes and ventured up the track past the highest point on Colonsay, Carnan Eoin. The views looking down at Kiloran Bay were magnificent; egg yolk sands with dark blue sea. It is a steep climb at first, and the...

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...

It looks like our Manchester peregrines are on top form again this year as we've just heard that the pair are now incubating four eggs. We're not entirely sure when the last three were laid, but we think the last one arrived a couple of weeks ago so we're expecting the pitter patter of tiny...

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...

There really isn't a great deal to say about our Peregrines this week, as we've hardly seen anything of them! However, I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell you a bit more about the other raptors we see up at the Symonds Yat rock. Buzzards are seen every day and they are now the...

Honestly, you go off for a fortnight’s holiday, in the belief that your Peregrines have three chicks and then you come back to four! Four?! How on earth did that happen? Well, many theories are circulating and I’m not going to go into them all. What we believe is the most likely cause, is...

May I take you back to my blog on the 5 th May – “ If my arithmetic hasn’t failed me for the first time in my life, I conclude that our young Peregrines will then fly 39 days later close to the 24 th June .” Well, I was a day out. The first of our young Peregrines fledged yesterday...

After the excitements of our hunting Peregrine pair last Saturday at the rock , my pulse had only just returned to normal on Monday, when a flying visit sent it rocketing skyward once again. Standing on the viewpoint at Monday lunchtime, something caught my eye circling high above the rock – a...

After months of not knowing how many chicks the Malham peregrines had, the wait is finally over. It's triplets!!

In other fledging news.... Chichester saw its second peregrine chick fledge yesteryday at 2:04pm. Black #46, the other male, was the second of the chicks to take the plunge. He caused a little concern first thing this morning when our eyes on the ground couldn't spot him, but he thankfully showed...

With peregrine chicks fledging left, right and centre, we're keeping a keen eye on the Manchester chicks to see when they decide to take the plunge. There's been some encouraging signs over the last few days with plenty of wing flapping and 'test flights' along their ledge which makes...

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...

Well, they had us fooled. Due to a limited amount of hunting witnessed and very little food seen going into the nest, all of us observing on top of Symonds Yat rock were under the distinct impression that we had one, maybe two, young Peregrines in the nest. Oh ye of little faith. We were wrong. Last...

How many chicks are there in the Cardiff peregrine nest? That's anyone's guess at the moment! There's definitely one strong healthy chick that's been spotted strutting his stuff in the nest, but we still can't see if there's any more chicks hiding out of sight!

Well another Bank Holiday weekend is upon us and it’s high time I brought you up-to-date with the goings-on of Symonds Yat . Our young Nuthatches have flown and the viewpoint has become markedly quieter in their absence. We’re going to miss them. Nevertheless, I’m delighted to report...

All four of our Manchester peregrine chicks have been busy exploring their home, climbing in and out of the nest box, wandering along the ledge and practising their wing flaps as their adult feathers start to appear. One of the chicks seems to have taken a liking to life on the edge and is determined...

The tawny owls at Aberfoyle weren't the only ones to be ringed this week, with our Manchester peregrines getting their turn on Wednesday. If you weren't lucky enough to catch it on the nestcam, then there's some photos below courtesy of Adrian Dancy.

There's two new ways to keep track of what's happening with our Manchester peregrines . You can now keep up with all the news from the nest by watching the live web cam on the Manchester peregrines pages and you can follow all the action on Twitter . Look out for @mcrperegrines.

Our Wrexham peregrines have certainly been busy over the last few weeks. John Lawton-Roberts, a local ornithologist who helps us monitor the nest, got quite a shock when he checked the nest last week. Instead of the usual two to four eggs, he found the pair had laid five! He was really surprised as this...

As our Peregrines enter their final week of incubation at Symonds Yat we have little more to report of their behaviour. They have been particularly elusive the past week, with just a couple of sightings some days. Intruders continue to come and go. We had four Peregrines in the air the other day –...