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Check out this web-cam on a Peregrine falcons nest on a Hospital down south!

Peregrine Live Cam | Wildlife Whisperer

The bird is sitting on eggs in front of the camera and can be seen at night! :D

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They are fast asleep

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For sure, wait till the morning!

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Amazing ... thanks for the link, bud.:D

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Will probably be better when they hatch

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cool link.....jaysay's right for a change ;)

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Well ... she's wide awake now ... what a beauty she is:alright:

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No problem ;) - over looking ducks and geese! :D

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Anyway here is a video of a Peregrine flying - fastest creature in the world apparently...

Peregrine Falcon - fastest predator on earth - YouTube

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Wow that Penegrine is either very lazy or very patient :D It is still in the same position as the last 3 times I clicked the link

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That's what birds do mate - sit on eggs all day and all night, it's mainly the female that sits but sometimes lets the male sit! That's how eggs hatch! :rolleyes:

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So True-- I Hope you didn't miss the sarcasm in my post ;)

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Yeh I did detect your sarcasm ;) Birds don't have technology to do things for them! :D

One of the eggs has now hatched!

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grr i missed it

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All three are hatched

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Just been on David but couldn't see the chicks, the mother was preening herself and posing for the camera though:D

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I dont know if anyone has looked at the other live cams, but if you click the "back to cam menu" tab, it takes you to some very interesting cameras, my favourite is the barn owl camera

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aww just caught her waking up and going off for food then feeding them, bless

I didn't know they didn't make nests though as there is nothing round the chicks to keep them warm when mum or dads not there :(

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Seen the chicks this morning, mum was pushing them back under her belly to keep them warm

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look at your rep ;) ...good thread ;)
maybe you can join the click/clique :)

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yep It has gone up quite a bit.... now its your turn to post decent threads and get urs out of the deep dark red :cool:

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everyone has there opinion on what a "decent thread" is restless besides
i'm happy in the red :)

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I should edit that to threads and posts.

That is self evident. But of course you know what I meant. Perhaps you got some green recently? Infact, I know you did ;)

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think i need as much as i can get ;)

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Well it's easy to get knocked back down to red - say one wrong thing that a few people don't like and back to red! I don't mind really. I posted this thread regardless of getting back into green. :rolleyes:

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There used to be links on NaviX(a script for XBMC / XBMC4XBOX) there was links to wildlife cams around the world. Pretty cool having them up on the TV

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There are peregrines around Accy now aren't there and Blackburn and Darwen. Also buzzards and red-kites (Pendle area) these days - any one report any of these around Accy area?

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well theres more than a few little rats in accy so cant see why there wont be ;)

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Yes,Peregrines are resident in and around Accrington,preferring as in Haslingden to inhabit disused quarries.
Red Kites to my knowledge are not breeding locally.My brother did manage however to spot one drifting over The Coppice 12 months ago.I am pretty sure Grizedale Forest in the Lakes and the late Earl Lichfields estate in Yorkshire are the nearest Red Kite release areas to Accrington.
Regarding Buzzards,very few sightings over the years,but I am sure that will change in the not too distant future.Nearest local sighting this week was Ramsbottom,year before Bury.I hope the progression carries on.
Pleasington in Blackburn has had Buzzards for years but I have never noticed any spreading our way,probably heading Brinscall, White Coppice area but would only be a guess.

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Thanks for the update Stevie - last time I was up there I saw Buzzard over that valley below Accrington Scouts - old quarries, in the woods. Also you get Short-eared Owls over Hambledon.

Are there still Tawny Owls around Ardenhall/Owl hall? Also there used to be Little Owls above the lodges on the coppice - up Moleside - Used to hear both these type of owls calling at night.

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Most birds of prey/owls will thrive as long as the conditions are right, adequate food & nesting areas, lack of predators & suchlike. As long as man/ man made interventions don't threaten the balance they tend to adapt quite well after a little getting used to the new environment.

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Well some years ago I asked a Accy birdwatcher if there were still Tawny owls at Ardenhall and he said no - he hadn't heard any. So I don't know if they are still there? They used to breed every year.

Also in the 70's, birds of prey generally were much rarer than they are now, Kestrel was the only common one in Accy area, ironically in some places the Kestrel is on the decrease. But back then you would never see Peregrine or other big birds of prey in that area they were very rare and only in places like the Lake District and Scotland. There was only one pair of Red Kite in Wales back then.

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i know of a big big owl down near acc and ross college not sure on type tho i didnt get a good look and wouldnt know if i did lol...also i know there's a kestrel around arden hall thats eating pigeons from the alotments....i've seen it in action :alright:

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It's probably a Tawny Owl, round the back of the college in the grounds of that Old folks home, they always bred somewhere in those woods, so must still be there! :D

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Your Tawny Owls are indeed still around,in fact very near where I live.
Little Owl sightings for me tend to be in the Green Howarth/Benjamin Row area.
The top lodge has changed and is now two thirds covered with water reed.
The subsequent habitat has attracted a pair of Reed Buntings this year as well as last year!
Short-eared Owls Kes,can`t say as I`ve ever seen one.

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Glad to hear Tawny Owls are still around Ardenhall. Used to see Little Owls on Moleside back of the farm area, down Hambledon Scouts and round Canal area down rabbit run Altham area.

Nearest Reed Bunting back in 70's was Altham area - never on the coppice area. As there are reeds up there now any Water Rail?

Short eareds used to be over Burnley Moors mainly - I saw one once over Hambledon. Have you seen any Hobby in the area?, another bird that has increased massively in the last 20 years along with Peregrines. Sparrowhawk is another that used to be much rarer! :D

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Just an aside: I am re-reading Ainsworth's "Lancashire Witches" ... it's free ... Project Gutenberg ... I know it's dated; but it is still in print, the only one of his works that has been continuously in print since its first publication. One thing that really stands out are the referrences to local wildlife, esp. its abundance. Having experienced only post-industrial Lancashire, it's hard to imagine the natural beauty and the wild life of former times.

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Well in those days the Red Kite was a scavenger in every town and village a very common bird and went from that to being almost extinct.

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Sparrowhawks are very active locally Kes.Hobbies,not this area,Merlins are the mini raptor in these parts,however quite rare.Only one sighting in maybe 10 years.
Water Rail would be a cooo ........

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Merlin up Trough of Bowland I think - also that area is one of best places in the UK for Hen Harriers! :) A few years back I heard that Hobby bred couple of miles away from Burnley!

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Have to admit I'm loving this bird watching ... seriously.

And it adds a whole new dimension to "watching cute young chicks on your computer;):D"

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We have heard different owls at the top of Sandy Lane at night, and we have had a sparrowhawk twice sat on the fence between us and next door. You get an idea when it is around as all the small birds go from the feeder

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The following is a link to the Osprey webcam near Keswick - saw them from a viewpoint in the Lake District (Derwentwater) a couple of weeks ago. The Male of the couple hadn't yet returned and a young male was trying it on with the female by taking her gifts of fish on the day we were there!
ospreywatch - YouTube

Also visited the Lake District Bird of Prey Center on the Lowther Castle estate for a display of falconry -really interesting and impressive flying especially by the Gyr falcons.

Never realised that many birds of prey on the south coast were deliberately killed during WW1 and 2 as they hunted and killed carrier pigeons which were important means of communication back then (the falconer mentioned this during the display!)

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What do you mean by "different owls?" They are probably only Tawny Owls - I don't think Barn Owls are in that area!

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I meant different schreeches and hoots. I wouldn't know which owl it is from the sounds

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They are probably Tawnies!

One of these peregrine chicks isn't getting fed enough apparently!

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I watched a feeding this morning and on two other days. One chick never got fed anytime I watched.

What will happen if it dies? Will it get thrown out by the adults?

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It might get nibbled! - in the ideal world they could take it out and hand rear it, but it wouldn't be put back into the nest after that it would be rejected.

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Won't it just get eaten by the others? After all birds are their diet. Best form of recycling!

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Today it looks like all 3 are alive and well! :)

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Looks like there are a few less pigeons in London!

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What sort of Birds of prey do you have in Italy then? Spain has a lot of eagles and vultures. I havn't seen the Osprey's in the Lake District yet. There was a pair of Golden Eagles in Haweswater area saw one there. But one of them died and there has only been one present since 2006!

Haweswater

Gyr Falcons are cool, very cool they live in cold areas like Greenland! ;)

I think they used to kill all types of birds of prey at one time, Peregrines were not only killed on the coast but all over the place for killing grouse also poisons on the land effected them badly.

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The chick at the backs gettin its nose pushed out poor sod.

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I think there all getting fed now, notice how they all push together now because they can't stand up straight yet, so they push against each other to stay upright.

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Yep the runt is holding its own. Someone said it must be a female as it's so noisy and pushy.

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In the Picos de Europa of Northern Spain we saw large birds of prey feeding on deer carcases that had been left out for them - by whom, I don't know. Not easy to say if they were eagles or vultures, quite a long way off and not that knowledgeable but it was an amazing sight.

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Grrrrrrrr .... this is sooo tempting ... vade post me Satana;)

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Come on Eric, you know you want to!!! I'm waiting...

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No way Jose ... I'll wait until you least expect it;)

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I can only say what i've seen here -on our farm there is a Kestrel (bigger than the british version) kills off the pigeons. We have a lot of owls nesting too in some disused towers -think the are Little Owls -they are very small and sometimes a couple dive-bomb my cats in the evening if they're out in the veg. garden behind the house.

This area is full of herons (it's the Provincial symbol), wild ducks and Moorhens -not birds of prey but still nice to see. Personally i'm a Swallow watcher -love 'em and we have quite a few nesting. They were back late this year - I went on holiday on March 26th and they hadn't come back.

Went to mum's in Tenerife and there they have Kestrels hunting in the Baranco and fantastic huge white owls that make a really weird cry at night and come swooping low over the roof terrace -they are the symbol of the island, amazing to see. Sometimes at mum's we see some of the Eagles from the Jungle Park too which is on a nearby mountain. Been to the display there which is really worth seeing, had a Golden Eagle fly to my hand -pretty scary!

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Afterthought -on the Ribble near Hurst Green there are Oyster Catchers nesting -nice to see, and the usual Herons, Canada Geese and ducks...

Once saw a Kingfisher on the Calder as a girl when out walking on a sunday with my dad -fantastic sight. Saw one on our canal here a cuple of years ago -haven't seen it since though, pity...

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I don't know what kestrel is bigger than UK kestrel?

I found this peregrine cam in Rome the young are bigger than the London one. It also seems to run longer than the London one on my computer - the London one doesn't run longer than a minute before I have to refresh.

Birdcam, il sito delle webcam sui falchi pellegrini

They had an American Bald Eagle in the country fare and charged for a photo holding it.

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Oystercatchers used to breed down the Calder near Altham, don't know if they still do? Also was a Sand Martin colony. The Calder has been cleaned up now a lot more than it was in 80's so probably more Kingfishers there.

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Kes,the Sand Martin colony at Altham on the Calder is still there.
Access to the riverbank is on the Padiham side of the Walton Arms.
Kingfishers,are more common in the area now.This is definitely down
to improved water quality.Last local sighting,River Hyndburn at Church this week.

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That must be a different Sand Martin colony, this one was towards Whalley, just past a sewage farm on the river bank same side as Altham Church but the path was on the other side of the river. Also used to see Common Sandpipers along the Calder. Kingfishers are doing better as more waters are cleaner in last 20 years. :egged:

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A lovely day in Italy...:D

Birdcam, il sito delle webcam sui falchi pellegrini

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We are in Scotland this week in the Trossachs and the swallows are here already.

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Some swallows reach the south in March.

These Italian Peregrines; some have left the nest tray and gone along the ledge - very precarious in spots like this they can fall off and die! :(:eek:

Birdcam, il sito delle webcam sui falchi pellegrini

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Hey, we got some too ... in Winterpeg of all places:

Falcon chicks emerge from shells atop Winnipeg hotel - Manitoba - CBC News

Of course, the hunting is good on the plains of Manisnowba.;)

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That link is just a video clip - is'nt there a live web-cam, I can't find it on that link.

This is another web-cam at Norwich Cathedral...looks pretty much exposed...:rolleyes:

Hawk and Owl Trust | Urban peregrines | Norwich peregrine nest platform

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The Charing X hosp falcons seem to have a cushy number with a good roof over their nest and they're doing well even though one of the three chicks was lagging behind but is now catching up.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabperegrines/7190450232/

The Chichester cathedral nest appears to have a smallish roof but the Nottingham Trent University one has no roof at all and there is only one chick left now after the bad weather of a couple of weeks ago when the brooding parent got absolutely drenched while sitting. Very sad but the remaining chick is doing well.

This falcon watching is quite addictive!

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Wouldn't say addictive Sue -i suffer from vertigo:eek: so find it hard to look at though interesting. Just seen the Italian peregrines in Rome-from 4 they seem to have gone to three though quite mature now.

Here the swallows are busy with their young and will soon be onto their second brood!

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Di you wouldn't know the Charing X hosp ones were high up on the roof as the webcam is inside the box.

He he we used to have swallows nesting in the roof of the feed store of our stable when we had the goats. I loved the way the baby birds would stand on the edge of the nest with their bums over the edge and poop. You could always tell where the nests were by the pile of poo on the floor below!

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They should show a distance photo of the building and where the nest box is, to give us perspective. I've never been to the Nottingham one before - if it's not well protected why don't they move it, or put a roof on the box or something? Do you know how many chicks got lost this year through the weather?

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The Itallian one is my fav at the moment as you get a good view. There is one chick that goes along the ledge, that I think runs round the building. Yesterday you could see all 4 - 2 right down the ledge and they came running back down when an adult came with food, then one dissapeared again. There are 3 in the nest as I write this.

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I've asked myself that question about why don't they roof it - no idea. I believe four eggs hatched and two chicks succumbed to the bad weather, then the smaller of the two survivors didn't make it also, but I don't know why.

I was watching during the downpours, and the brooding mum was absolutely drenched, it's a wonder she didn't succumb too.

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May seem sad but best not to interfere too much with nature - i think it would have to be an exceptional thing, completely in the wild, for a whole brood of 4 to survive...

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It really depends on the building. I have a Peregrines near me and the building is really good and has ledges all the way down. For 2 years they had 4 then 3 and all flew. The young stay on the building till they have flexed their wings so much they feel ready to fly, the males which are smaller usually go first. If they go down to the ground first flight they will probably not survive as the adults don't go looking for them. Many buildings have human teams who watch the birds round fledging time and rescue grounded chicks. They usually circle back slightly lower and land on a lower ledge and then build up their strength for a 2nd attempt, it takes them a few days before they are confident in flight but take months to master flying/hunting properly.

However if a nest tray provided by people is getting flooded out it is in the wrong place and should be re-positioned.

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This morning at Italian site - 11:10am all 4 were in view of camera - 2 on nest and 2 along the ledge, so looks like none have tried to fly yet.:egged:

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I have been watching the Italian site and they have kept me quite amused with there little tantrums!
Managed to catch them feeding yesterday that were nice to watch :D

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I've just had a look and all four are still there for now -bit difficult to translate the forum for you KestrelX-would be like trying to translate Accyweb!:D
However, if you go on Forums and choose Aria e Vento (the first one in the list) and look at the photo album, the last posts show the latest stills so you can get an idea of the situation. Most peoples comments are just about how great they are to see!

Also In forums if you scroll down to Webcams around the world, there are loads of others you can watch around the world, not just peregrin falcons either.
In the Aria e Vento forum there is the possiblity to start a forum in English -you could always try to give it a go -a lot of italians would probably appreciate the possibilty of trying their English out!

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I have been watching the Alice e Virgilio aswell, they are the ones that I say feeding yesterday.

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If you click the british flag at the top right corner if translates all the website into English, hey presto!

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Nestcam in Estonia, seems to be in a forest...

kalakotkas

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Yeh cheers :) except it doesn't convert all the threads to English only the intro page! ;)

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I want to know if they all get airbourne, I think one is not going back to the nest at night. When they start flying they stick together as a group and fly round hunting in a group passing things they catch around, that is how they learn to hunt. The young make a lot of noise still. ;)