Another walk by the local Peregrines and we saw three juveniles flying, clearly all improving on flying. A few stoops were made on pigeons, and even one made a good attempt (but missed) a butterfly! The three were quite happy to play in the air, and the father even joined in for a while.
Still no photos with the mother's (I think) leg ring showing clearly enough to read...
One of the girls displaying well- just before terrorising a woodpigeon.
We think there are likely to be two females and one male in this brood- the male here diving onto one of his sisters... carefully having chosen the worst light for me...
The birds acceptance of the urban jungle implanted near their home is clear, but it is concerning. I always remember that of last years "Chichester Brood" only one of the young has been seen since- lying dead on the ground, badly injured having hit the overhead power lines directly above her corpse.
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