Another few good days on the Peregrine watch.
This photo of one of the chicks was taken during the ringing on Thursday. The chicks will be about two weeks old now so not long before they start to lose the white down as their juvenile feathers grow.
Highlights this week have been watching the adult birds hunting with one of the Peregrines going into a short stoop yesterday. We were also able to watch both the male and the female Peregrine on the nest ledge feeding the chicks together and just appreciate what beautiful birds they are.
Elsewhere at Dove Stone there have been sightings of Lesser Redpoll, Blackcap, Redstart, Dipper, Common Sandpiper, Kestrel, Curlew. And earlier in the week we heard our first Cuckoo here this year - now that's a special sound . . .