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[burakkucat]

Do many of you look at this video stream ?
On the local news program tonight 'BBC East Midlands Today' It showed them 'ringing' the chicks and taking a 'down' sample to do DNA profile on each chick.
Unlike Derby they just open a window next to the srape (nest) and grab the chicks (As you look at the webcam the one-way window is on the right).

Yes, I have it active in a separate work-space and take a look at various times of the day.

Unfortunately that is not a local news program for me . . . 

[Oranged]

Yes, certainly more entertaining than the Derby webcam which grabs frames every 8seconds or so. I posted in the Derby thread that although the chicks hatched approx 1 week earlier than Derby, these seem to be massive in comparison.

They're already showing the darker plumage and flexing their wings but still a little unstable on their feet, also the 2 parents seem to leave the nest unattended for longer periods.

The better video also brings out the gory details of feeding time !!

[tickmike]

Unfortunately that is not a local news program for me . . . 

I think you can get that on the 'iplayer'

[burakkucat]

Unfortunately that is not a local news program for me . . . 

I think you can get that on the 'iplayer'

Thanks, Mike, I'll experiment.

[tickmike]

At about 2pm there were 4 chicks and at 2.30pm there's only 2.
I hope they have just gone for a walk on the roof because it's only a short hop down from the 'scrape'.

[Oranged]

After feeding time at around 5pm, the 2 largest chicks hopped onto the edge of the nesting box nearest the camera and literally fell over onto the surrounding ledge then started flexing their wings. The other 2 just looked on curiously.

[burakkucat]

Yes, I have been watching them get quite adventurous today.

At a later feeding-time this afternoon, I noticed that the parent employed a different technique by standing on the food (as usual) and encouraged the chicks to tear off a beak full for themselves.

[tickmike]

Have they fledged ?.
At 2 PM 2nd June the nest is empty !, There either on the roof or they have fledged.
I went on a 8 mile walk in the 'Peak District' yesterday I did not get chance to look on the web cam, was anybody watching?.

[Oranged]

They've been around today but are getting very adventurous.....but I haven't seen either of the parents today.

There are 2 that look near to fledging, another one still has to lose a few downy feathers and the fourth has a while to go yet.

The Chichester 4 are well advanced, I think one of them has already fledged. This morning it flew from just in front of the webcam up onto the roof of the nesting box and I've not seen it since.

16:21 : one of the Nottingham 4 is on the ledge now, no sign of the others

[tickmike]

Just seen one on the roof near web cam.
I will recommend they get some more web cams set up for next year.

[Oranged]

Good idea, a wide angle cam from across the road set on a higher level to the nesting box. Then you'd get a view of them running up and down that ledge, which is very comical seen on the current cam.

Not sure what they were eating last night but it was an enormous carcass, much bigger than a pigeon, I just wonder if the adults managed to find a rabbit.

[tickmike]

Any sightings ,they are never at home when I look.

[burakkucat]

I saw just one of the young, in the early hours of this morning.

[tickmike]

I have up-dated the url as they have got some new camera's as stated on our local TV the other day. 

http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb/biodiversity/falcons/index.html

[tickmike]

You get some very good close-up shots of the falcons  .