Regular sightings of 2 birds and enough activity to suggest Adrian's optimism is well founded. Fingers crossed.

Peregrine perched on the Premier Inn watching the Manchester City Champions Parade

Just read this on Manchester RSPB's Facebook page

Manchester peregrines update: Sadly it looks like we wont be having any chicks this year. But the parents are still giving us great views, so catch them and us in Exchange Square until 15 July

www.rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/no-chicks-for-popular-peregrines-this-year/

What a shame.

 

Thanks, mate.

Any one got the link for the webcam this year?

One peregrine over Albert's sq at 13.25. Seen whilst waiting to see or hear black redstart.

Lunchtime VP from work rooftop - a peregrine flying to and from the town hall, stooped a couple of times from the spire but I think came back empty-taloned each time. After a while it flew off in the direction of the Cathedral.

Female on view this afternoon calling loudly, probably wanting some food from the male who was seen flying around.

both resident peregrines showing well this aft/eve & both tucking into some stashed prey.
i have not seen any peregrines around faraday tower on a few visits now & i have been informed that the pair may have just been over wintering.

Male perched on the letter D of the arndale this afternoon, no sign of the female.
None seen at faraday tower shortly after.

Adrian Dancy wrote:

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The birds seen at the Faraday Building are not the same birds as those which have previously bred in the city centre. The male bird is without rings and the female has an aluminium ring on her left leg and no darvic (coloured ring) on the right leg.

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Adrian, glad you established the identity of the other peregrine ( the ringed on left leg female) as I wasn't too sure of that one after finding out about the unringed male. This will now mean that these 2 peregrines are definitely not the media city pair as the female there is unringed & male is ringed on right leg. All good stuff
Hopefully catch up with you soon.

Thanks for the info Steven, I'll try and remember which is which. A

Pair of Peregrines on the E of Arndale late morning today, I'm assuming male and female.

Andrea

both male & female on view this afternoon, eventually, I had a good mooch around looking in all the usual spots, twice, and then they were just perched up in the first place I looked. the male had a little dive at a pigeon but gave up straight away & flew off.

I paid a visit to the university north campus faraday tower this afternoon, on my arrival at 3.55pm there was a peregrine falcon perched in the same place where Reynard has been watching one. I took several photos & in the first photo attached the peregrine has a full crop & bloody talons, i could not see its legs to see if there was any rings. at 4.10pm the bugger flew off without me seeing it go I decided not to move from where I was stood & hoped it would come into view either side of the building in front of me, within a couple of minutes a peregrine returned & perched a little further to the left but was not quick enough to get a photo of its legs, eventually I got a shot & it looks to have a metal ring on its left leg, this would then mean that it is not the city centre female peregrine as she has a metal ring on her right leg, so this peregrine is either the young male, who has a metal ring on his left leg then he should have a red darvic on right leg with letters RA. or maybe this is another peregrine also when this bird returned I noticed that it did not have a full crop, see second photo, I do think it is the same bird maybe the short flight off helped to empty its crop I left at 4.35pm as I desperately needed the toilet, I also paid a visit to the regular sight at 5.05pm & 1 peregrine was on the top of the arndale which soon flew off & headed into Salford, no other sightings up til 5.30pm.
a thanks to Reynard for spotting & reporting the sighting.

Reynard....a nice shot.

It is very difficult to tell with certainty the sex of a peregrine.        

both male & female on view this afternoon, both landed on the arndale at one point. the male almost caught a pigeon above me near the cathedral needless to say I lost view of it as it carried on down deansgate. a funny moment with the female as she flew overhead & headed towards one of the new buildings up cathedral approach,101 embankment, she was looking to land on the letters on the front of the building, the letters saying SWINTON, & as she went to actually land on the letter N she couldn't as they were stuck on letters she then turned around & decided to land on the premier inn. currently one of her favourite perching spots is covered up & has scaffolding around it, just like the cathedral

One Falcon currently sat on the Lowry Hotel. Chapel Street side, not Irwell.

Think its taking refuge from the rain.

Two Peregrines currently perched up on the Town Hall Clock Tower.

spent the afternoon watching both male (RA) & female peregrines, good views in the sunshine. the female had a bath & spent some time preening & drying herself off, a couple of photos attached.
the male at one point was perched on the letter E of the arndale, not seen any on there for a long time, but then I haven't been in for a while. he also brought some food in, not a recent kill, was from one of the larders they have nearby.

I forgot to mention that back on the 1st of july I had taken some photos of the female & noticed that she had lost a talon on her right leg, after looking at todays photos she had grown that talon back.

-- Edited by steven burke on Sunday 5th of November 2017 08:46:26 PM

3.45pm two birds in very close proximity. One plucking a food item. The two were still together just before dark. I am fairly confident and happy to say one of the birds was the resident female.

the male & juvenile were both on show this evening, the juvenile had flown up from a building top & landed on top of an ariel it looked very wet so probably just had a bath, it then stayed there for some time preening, the male close by. no signs of the female.

Spent an enjoyable hour from 3.15 this afternoon watching a peregrine on a cooling unit halfway up the Premier Inn near the Cathedral. I'm not sure if it was an adult bird but it was having an extensive preening session and I got some strange looks whilst loitering with a camera!

On way back from Rochdale I looked out for the Manchester juv. It was kicking 7 bells out of two crows which made their exit over the Manchester arena. The juv returned and was not very good at landing on various locations. It finally rested on a high rise when it decided to harass a grey heron which was flying very low over Cateaton street and corporation Street. It finally rested on 1 Deansgate.