Derby Peregrine Falcon 12 - Fledge from the Ledge

Peregrine falcon chicks fledge from a ledge placed on a cathedral tower in Derby, England. The bird at the back had already fledged two days previously, but had returned to "encourage" her sister. We witness the foreground bird making her maiden flight. We wish them both well.
If you've watched our series of 2007 clips you may ask where is clip 11? YouTube didn't like it, so it was posted directly on our Google blog instead.
Further information at www.derby.gov.uk/peregrine

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[VC57UK]

Hi Kilwinnie. You thnk that's slow and boring? You should have been with me as I reviewed nearly every day's video recording since last March by skipping forwards in 5 minute intervals. I'm both sad and mad! But seriously, the birds don't perceive the loud bells as a threat, so they're simply ignored. Whereas a passing helicopter or human on the roof causes severe consternation, and loud alarm calls.

[midgard02]

Fantastic! I really hope they do well ! :)

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[michael6mac]

Thanks for the fantastic footage, means we can watch peregrines from the comfort of our own chairs. Thanks.

[VC57UK]

Just to explain: we didn't actually need to stay out in all weathers to get our film clips, as we had installed webcameras linked to 24hr video recording. The hard part was reviewing the film footage to find the interesting bits! We just fast-forwarded 5 minutes at a time, almost every day for a 3 month period. At least we were dry.

best wishes from

Derby Cathedral peregrine Project

[Riddick51PB]

"How do these things work?!" "I don't know FLAP THEM!!"

[Rose2bphoto]

It is amazing to watch the maiden flights of these two young birds.

[killwinnie]

wow kl bit slow and borin at the start tho nice 2 c that rare wildlife can live in the middle of a city, how can they cope with the cathedral bell's noise tho, r they born death or somethin? hope they eat all the rats and pidgeons for years 2 come...