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Still 2...

Nice slideshow Arjen. I love it when both parents are in there, and the babies looking at them, too sweet.

The two chicks have been banded:

This year's chicks were ringed last Thursday, 27th May, under the watchful eyes of the adult birds. It appears we have two male chicks this year.

As is the normal practice as well as ringing, a range of measurements such as weight and feather length were taken and a feather was removed from each chick for DNA registration.

The first chick received band number 39, and weighed 665 grams (1.5 pounds).
The second chick received band number 40 and weighed 610 grams.

Photo from the site:

I can rarely find a chick in the nest:

I just saw this -- thank you for the very cute pic, Beth!

Only a partial peregrine - but I thought I'd post it to show that at least one of the juvies is still visiting the nest.

I don't think this update was ever posted. I hope the little juvie is doing well.

21st June: Not great news but...

The chick ringed with number 39 was found in a street below Sussex Heights on the morning of 21st June. No signs of injury, but not really able to fly particularly well. It is going to the Mallydams wildlife rehabilitation centre at Hastings where it will be cared for until it is strong enough to be released back into the wild.

Not particularly good news but at least it was found alive and can now be looked after.

The other chick has been spotted flying close to the top of the building, at one point it landed on a balcony about 4 or 5 floors from the top and then flew back to the top.

The cam has now been shut down for the season:

1st July: Bringing the coverage to a close

Due to a long spell of warm dry weather appearances in the nest box have been very sparse recently, an absence of rain meant that no one was going into the box for shelter!! Today we removed the camera from the box. While we were on the roof the adults birds and the chick were flying around us.

The chick ringed 40 did venture into the box earlier this week and our video shows him in all his glory in his flying livery. He appears to be a strong flyer and is often seen in the air with one or both parents.

As far as we know the chick ringed 39 is still at the rehabilitation centre.

I was going to post this yesterday, but ran out of time. Surprisingly, today there is a new update, and the last sentence of the previous update has been removed. I thought there would be no more updates on the chick banded 39.

3rd July: Chick 39 update...

We thought this year's chick ringed with number 39 was found uninjured but not able to fly very well, unfortunately this was not the case.

When examined at the rehabilitation centre X-rays showed a fractured clavicle & ribs. He is recovering but it will take a while before he is able to fly. He will now stay at the rehabilitation centre until fully recovered.

One positive thing that comes out of this is how precious these chicks are and how everything possible is done to ensure their wellbeing...how many other birds found in the street would be x-rayed!

We never seem to do well with a chick with a ring number that is a multiple of 13, perhaps we should throw away rings 52 and 65!

Pics from the site:





I hope the other little juvie makes a complete recovery and will be released successfully.

Thanks for the updates Alison prayers for 39's fast and complete recovery

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