Falchi pellegrini Derby Cathedral Peregrine 2007

[Sonia]

[Sonia]

The ringing went well and we had a lovely evening to do it. Both chicks now have bright orange rings on their left legs numbered 001 and 002. They were both females - heavy and healthy chicks with very big feet.
While we were there, the female flew round the top of the tower, screaming at us. The male flew up very high and then disappeared!

Not long after we left the tower, the female came back and landed on the platform, looking all around her. There was a temporary problem with the cameras but all now seems to be working well again.
The photo shows the orange colour ring 001 on the left leg of the first chick to be ringed, with the duller metal ring on the right leg behind. The orange colour is unique to Derbyshire-ringed peregrines. The number on the colour ring identifies the individual.

Meanwhile the cathedral bell ringers were busy practicing at the same time, so altogether a busy and successful night of ringing! A special thanks to Martin for abseiling down and lowering the chicks to Ant on the nave roof, who then ringed them. Thanks to head verger Tony for opening all the doors and giving up his evening to help us.

Il 1 giugno c'è stato il Banding.
Sono due femmine, e ben messe! :D :D
due foto prese dal sito:




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[Giovanna]

Grazie, Sonia :!: :!: :!: :D :D :D
Anche lì vanno via veloci, se ho ben capito, con l'inanellemento.
Come sono coccole queste due ragazze!

[Sonia]

E anche loro già pronte al volo!!!

:D :D

[Sonia]

Monday, June 25
They Did it!
At 13.35pm this afternoon, both birds finally took off, leaving the platform empty. No doubt they'll be back on it again, soon.
At 13:45 I've was called to say it had landed on the Cathedral Roof - fingers crossed it can take off from there. I suspect it'll stay there for an hour or two - again, lets hope the weather stays dry.
At 16:00 I can report that both chicks are settled - one on the gargoyle ridge at the top of Derby Cathedral Tower on the west side. The newly fl;edged chick (dare we still call her that, now?) spent an hour on the roof of a shop on Irongate, just nearby. We had great views of a parent flying back with a pigeon, eventually landing on the platfrom after flying low over fledgling number 2. She stayed resolutely where she was on the roof. The rain then got harder and harder as I left. So now I'm off to process the video clips.
At 23.00 - I'm back from the pub after a meeting to discuss a different project: "The Flora of Derbyshire" which we've been working on for over 10 years! Great comments from everyone tonight - and a hint of sadness that the webcam side of things may be winding down. But we'll want to bring you news of all the action outside as our birds learn to be peregrines in the weeks ahead.
Some of you asked about the regional TV news clip. Until Tuesday evening you can find it 10 minutes in at this address:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastmidlandstoday/index.shtml

Sorry - the video upload to Google has faled after 6 hours. Will try again - but the BBC TV clip does include the highlights I guess you've all been wanting to see.

The shots below were captured direct and live from the Cathedral's video server at 1:35 today, showing both camera images side by side.

ci sono foto e video nel blog:
http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/

[Giovanna]

Evviva :!: :D :D :D

[Giovanna]

Tuesday, June 26
Where Are They Now?

Juvenile doing a bird-of-paradise impersonation on a Derby roof. (Photo I. Forrest)
Window inside Derby Cathedral.

Whilst the webcams will now be emptier, the skies over Derby will be made richer with the presence of our young birds as they learn the skills of their parents.

Our birds? We can never own them, of course. But we can watch and learn from them. It's in human hands that the future of so much of our wildlife now rests, and that's a responsibility we all shoulder. It’s been a privilege for those of us on the project team to have shared a flake of these young birds’ lives.


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Mentre le webcams saranno più vuote, i cieli sopra Derby verranno resi più ricchi dalla presenza dei nostri giovani uccelli che imparano l'abilità dei loro genitori.
I nostri uccelli? Non possiamo mai possederli, s'intende. Ma possiamo guardarli e imparare da loro. Il futuro delle nostre creature selvagge sta ora nelle mani dell'uomo, e questa responsabilità è sulle spalle di tutti noi. E' stato un privilegio per noi del progetto aver condiviso un soffio delle vite di questi giovani.

[Sonia]

Friday, June 29
On The Wing

Taken yesterday morning. this picture by John Salloway shows Mum calling the girls which had both turned up on Derby Cathedral. Dad also paid a visit to the nest platfrom for about 15 minutes before flying south. All this happened between 7:00-7:45am, local time.




Thursday, June 28
Puzzle: Spot The Peregrine
John Salloway thought some of our webcam and blog visitors might relish a challenge. So we've posted his recent picture of Derby Cathedral to see if you are up to it! There are four peregrines visible here - but can you find them all?

You'll need to click the image to enlarge the full 1.2Mb photo and look carefully - very carefully.

On Saturday evening we'll post four individual photos, taken just afterwards, which show their exact locations and we can find out how well you did at spotting or guessing. To make it more fun (and more of a challenge), may I suggest if you've found any of the four birds that you refrain from posting the answers in the comments until Saturday, please?

We've not the resources to offer a prize, but we could perhaps offer successful peregrine spotters a chance to abseil down the tower to clean out the nest tray later this winter!

But seriously, a number of you have asked about making donations to keep our project going next year: Nick Brown from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust has just posted details in the blog entry below this one.

And finally, here's an update from late yesterday, left by Andy and Chris M. in comments:

Bitterly cold in Derby this evening but when we arrived on the Cathedral Green at about 7.45pm both adults and 1 juvenile were perched at the top of the east face of the tower. Over the next quarter of an hour, the youngster flew a couple of laps around the Green landing quite well on the tower each time.The adult female flew off at about 8.00pm and after about half an hour of waiting, the second juvenile flew in from the west, lapped around the Silk Mill museum and landed on a gargoyle. Both juveniles are becoming much more confident both in the air and at landing!




Nella foto dal sito http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/
si vede il falco in alto a destra

[Giovanna]

Era un puzzle.. Bisognava trovare tutti i falchi nella foto, ma era praticamente impossibile, ci sarebbe voluto un ingrandimento! :D




Erano 4, cioè tutti: le due girls, papà e mamma! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :D

[Giovanna]

Monday, July 2
Peregrine Well Dressing

A fortnight ago, QUAD, the new arts centre in Derby city, ran a well dressing event in the city and the photo shows the finished article which they decided should feature our peregrines centre stage. Not an amazingly good representation of a peregrine it has to be said, but better than none and remember that the well dressing is composed of tiny petals, bits of lichen etc.....so it is very difficult to do!

For those of you who don't know, the dressing of wells in Derbyshire is an ancient custom said to lie in pagan tradition or in giving thanks for the purity of the water drawn from certain wells during the period of the Black Death. Whatever its origins, it was historically a custom exclusive to the Peak District of Derbyshire. The custom had almost died out by the early years of the 20th century but it was revived in the 1920s and 1930s and has now spread more widely.

Try Wikipedia for more information about well dressings.

Thanks to Jan Reynolds of QUAD for sending us the photo and for directing folk across to Cathedral Green on the day.
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L'usanza di adornare i pozzi nel Derbyshire è antica, si dice collegata alla tradizione pagana, e rende grazie per la purezza dell'acqua ricavata da certi pozzi nel periodo della Morte Nera. Qualunque ne sia l'origine, si tratta di un uso esclusivo del Peak District del Derbyshire. Questo costume era quasi estinto nei primi anni del XX secolo, ma ritornò a vivere negli anni '20 e '30 ed ora ha ripreso a diffondersi largamente.
Quest'anno la decorazione ha voluto richiamare i falchi pellegrini. Anche se il risultato è forse una rappresentazione un po' approssimativa, rendiamo onore all'intenzione e ricordiamo che si tratta di di una decorazione fatta di petali sottili, pezzetti di lichene etc., un lavoro molto difficile!
Peccato che la foto sia piccola.. Trovo che l'affettuoso entusiasmo di Derby per i suoi falchi sia molto comunicativo! :D

[Sonia]

... Trovo che l'affettuoso entusiasmo di Derby per i suoi falchi sia molto comunicativo! :D

Hai ragione!!!
Mooolto!
:D :D

[Sonia]

Monday, July 16
Current Pictures - Past Videos

On Saturday 7th of July, just two weeks after the peregrines fledged, John Salloway was was at the Cathedral Green around lunchtime with two other peregrine spotters, Helen and Barry. With her keen eyes, Helen saw the two juveniles flying from the west towards the cathedral. For a short time (no more than a few seconds) they saw them practising their stoops and food swap technique directly overhead. John managed to capture and submit these shots for us. Notice the red rings and how the juvenile breast is streaked downwards. Compare this to crossways barring on the adult's breast in Blog Entry below this one. Click an image to enlarge. . .





sono foto stupende!
dal sito si possono vedere grandi, cliccandoci
meritano
http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/200 ... ideos.html

grandi voli!!
:D :D :D

[Giovanna]

Bellissime!!! :D :D :D

[Giovanna]

Sotto "Sniper" (July 19) diversi mini video.
In uno dei quali si vede bene che, com'è noto, i pellegrini cacciano anche di notte at
http://derbyperegrines.blogspot.com/
Il maschio della cattedrale :D

[Giovanna]

The Peregrine

Swifter than swallows and straight as a dye
an elegant peregrine hunting will fly,
bright barred is his plumage, but Nature decreed
that it's hidden from laggards in bursts of sheer speed,-
he falls on his quarry as bullet from gun
and strikes ---- all is over as soon as begun,
then homeward in triumph, his prey in his claws
the bird of the whirlwinds flies on without pause
to his eyrie on cliffside or cathedral ledge
to devour his catch standing bold on the edge
in view of the watchers who envy his skill, ---
immune and indifferent, he does what he will.

- Ray Woodland

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