2 January 2025
Stamford’s tiercel looking resplendent in the late afternoon sun to herald the New Year
3 January 2025
Sub-adult peregrine leaves its perch on a power station chimney.
8 January 2025
My first visit to Market Harborough and sat outside St Dionysius church I heard a peregrine calling. I saw a tiercel who then called to another bird which turned out to be the falcon with prey. She flew to a nearby building with it and would not let him share.
11 January 2025
Yaxley’s finest falcon was at St Peter’s church this morning. She flew off and 10 minutes later returned with a pigeon. She called for the tiercel but he didn’t turn up so she ate the prey.
14 January 2025
Leicester City has its own pair of peregrines that now watch over Richard III’s resting place. They had their first watch of the year although it was cancelled at such short notice nobody knew it had been cancelled!
20 January 2025
I caught Stamford’s tiercel on St Mary’s church – he was sizing up hunting opportunities and then he went for a pigeon lower down on the church – he failed!
20 January 2025
Chimneys of industrial sites are great places for peregrines – would you have spotted this bird? I nearly missed it!
26 January 2025
Dropped into Stamford just after sunrise. No sign of either peregrine until I noticed the tell-tale sign of feathers – the tiercel was busy eating prey on one of the gargoyles. In this video I like how we don’t see him directly rather we see his shadow on the church.
29 January 2025
The Yaxley pair – unsigned falcon and Stamford born VJP tiercel were busy sharing prey today
1 February 2025
Peregrines often swallow small stones to help them digest their food and like the indigestible parts of their prey that they swallow they bring these up. I believe this tiercel is bringing up a small stone rather than a pellet.
2 February 2025
Yaxley’s tiercel again looking fantastic. I love this shot (composite to get plane and bird in focus) of the peregrine, cockerel weather vane and jet plane.
Stuart Wilson Photography 