General Chat

did you notice?

they were featured on Countryfile this evening........

I spotted one falcon yesterday evening and there is one on the ledge at the moment. Don't know if it is an adult or one of the chicks.

Edit: Three of them on the ledge at 2 pm.

Sure they have gorn not seen them for days now :-( :-(
Now what am i going to watch ?

Classy take aways you have now in the UK :-)

No sign of life for the last few days

probably gone a hunting for themselves......
Likely fed up wiv pigeon, gonn for a take away maybe.......like squirrel or summat
Bob

Have they flown the coop ?

Must nearly be time for them to fly, takes about 6 weeks according to the Falcon facts. Camera zoomed around a little while ago. Only 1 to be seen & it went along the ledge and around the corner. What lovely time wasters :-)
Hilary

not quite yet, methinks a few more pigeon supremes are on the menu...........

Twice this morning someone has been remotely controlling camera 1.. Earlier I thought a bird had landed on the camera as it was moving around, but it changed direction and looked at the other end of the ledge. Just a moment ago it went to a close-up of the chicks for a few minutes. There is little of the downy feathers left now. Perhaps they will be flying soon?

There are some cameras on motorways high up on poles that at times look like a falcon, in silhouette.........

Watching all the chicks out of the nest and on the ledge is making me feel quite sick.

They are so bleddy clumsy. :-0 :-0 :-0

Yes Prickolls. I noticed the chicks are wearing a bit of bling today.

I also saw one had hopped outside the nest box and the others were looking quite shocked by this :-D

They're growing fast and getting quite handsome now. I'm pleased all 4 have made it this far and hope they all fledge.

Have you noticed that all 4 chicks have been ringed?

When I looked in early yesterday morning I didn't notice any rings........but by late morning I noticed that they had.

where are the other two chicks ?
Panic over they were just having a walkabout :-D

Given the phrase,
" You are, what you eat"

do you think these falcons are really just big pigeons?

I see one of the chicks is trying to feed itself, got a tasty morsel he,s? trying to rip up........

now trying wing strokes........

It's nice to see none have become dinner yet. Fingers crossed.

Pleasant hour spent watching NottsTV over breakfast, with the live feed. The chicks look as if they have comedy costumes or have been to a poor grooming parlour with their fluffy legs.

Household chores to be done now! Note to self - switch off tv!

More pigeon surprise, this evening with race rubbers.......

I was just in time to see one chick fire a poop across the heap of fluffy siblings just now - nature in the raw :-D

So far so good, all four still present and growing fast with signs of adult plumage coming through on the wings. Will all four make it?