From Blog:
Report on the Watch Point on Wednesday 3rd July:
Today, Wednesday 3rd July 2019, was bright and sunny with a gentle, warm breeze. As we arrived, an adult peregrine appeared, carrying prey. The young female was perched on the rooftops of Bennetts shop, just along from the Cathedral, while the adult perched on the roof of the Premier Inn across the road. We watched as the young female became very excited and she ‘flew’ across to the other corner of the roof – she obviously spotted the adult who landed with the prey for her, before taking off and landing on one of the Cathedral’s pinnacles where it could keep watch. The adult was calling loudly all this time. The young female spent the next half an hour eating her fill.
Meanwhile, we watched as a buzzard flew across above the Cathedral roof and off into the distance. A little later we spotted the young male, high in the sky. We could see the pale border on his tail as he flew above us. He rose higher and higher until he was out of sight, and that was our only view of him during the session. We think that the adult male was with him, but it was difficult to be certain, as they were so high up.
Once the young female had eaten her fill, she again took to the air, circling right over our heads, before wheeling round and landing rather unsteadily on the Cathedral’s castellations. She had a further short flight, landing on the grotesques and hopping from one to the next, before again taking to the air and disappearing from our view. The adult female also treated us to several overhead flights, one where she was carrying prey which she cached above the louvre windows. Once the young female had gone, she also took flight and disappeared from our view. The show was over for us on our last Wednesday session of the season. We had 36 visitors in total today.
Joyce, Tony, Steve and Mike
THE FINAL WATCH POINT this year is on Saturday 6th July (10.30 - 1.30pm).
Do come along and watch the action now that both juveniles are flying free!
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