Over the past few months I managed to secure funds to extend the rooftop safety rail beyond the nest box. That allowed me to remove the old box, which was about 8 years old and needed replacing. We are in the process of building a new one. This will have two sides and a pitched roof. I have six 20kg bags of pea shingle ready and we are going to move at least two of the cameras next week. However...
Top right of the photo
They remained on the side of the building for at least 5 hours.
I borrowed a Canon camera from a member of the public who was hoping to do some filming at the rear of the college. Quid pro quo and all that. He's going to share the files via Google Drive as they were shot in raw. I will add them once I receive them. The photos above were taken with a basic Nikon and a 50mm lens. I borrowed that from the theatre manager!
The problem I now have is, do we have time to complete the construction and installation of the new box? I have not seen the Peregrines together in flight, but they seem happy enough in one another's company. A lot of dining has been taking place near the nest box and we also have to have repairs carried out to the small platform near the nest. I hope the birds aren't so far ahead in their courtship that they are likely to nest. Is that unprecedented? I notice that the Sheffield birds seem to be paired. At least I don't have a shrubbery to deal with! I might have to put back the old box at this rate!
YouTube link to Camera 1
YouTube link to Camera 2
YouTube link to Camera 3
There is also a Twitter account
THIS YEAR'S DATA:
Egg #1 laid 17-03-20 at 23:34:04
Egg #2 laid 20-03-20 at 09:43:51
Egg #3 laid 22-03-20 at 21:33:10
First chick hatched 30-04-20 at 07-41
Second chick hatched 30-04-20 at 11-00 approx
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
Same here Wendy ,now when I type in details I get NO LIVE GRRR!!!!!
I give up
Saw that after getting connected from your link ... it jumped precisely 24 minutes!
Unknown said:Camera 3 seems to be jumping about on the timer. I can't get 2,30am on it, but can on camera 2. Very frustrating.
Soooo, just catching up with the fact that there was no fourth egg ... certainly had us fooled! Lol
SunnyKate2 said:Same here Wendy ,now when I type in details I get NO LIVE GRRR!!!!!
Are you able to get MC's twitter page Kate? Those links work OK!
This is getting ridiculous. I can't insert all three links in one posting. They all come up as Falcon 1.
Ignore any posts from me until you see the words THAT'S IT!