From Fluffy Chicks to Feathered Falcons | Peregrine Nest Camera | June 2019

It's been really exciting to watch the chicks developing in the nest. They grew to 10 times their hatching weight in just three weeks! This is down to a varied and high protein diet delivered regularly by their devoted parents. Watch the film below to see how tenderly the adult birds break off small morsels to feed each chick in turn.

And keep watching to follow the chick's first movements. These began with small shuffling walks around the nest, but then their wing feathers came through and we saw them practising flapping with their short stubby wings. They do this to strengthen their muscles ready for their first flights.

When the chicks were three and a half weeks old it was time to ring them and so I joined a team from Spurn Bird Observatory to climb the 100 foot tower overlooking the chemical plant at Vivergo Fuels. We had to work quickly in order to minimise any disturbance. The team rung each chick with identification tags from the British Trust for Ornithology  so that we will be able to track these birds throughout their lives. Watch the trusting way in the chicks look up at the camera as they await their turn.

I can't wait to see them the chicks take their first flights around the chemical plant.

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