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Have you ever looked around the Clydesdale countryside and thought how beautiful it is? The rolling hills, wide river valleys with lush meadows, deep tree clad gorges tumbling with waterfalls, …
Another Successful Year at the Peregrine Watch
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We closed the Peregrine site up yesterday, the bottom path has now been reopened and the top path closed off. It has been another successful year at Operation Peregrine with …
Good views of fledgling peregrines on near oak tree
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We are still getting some amazing views of the fledgling peregrine on the nearside of the gorge to the peregrine watch. Two days ago one fledgling was seen eating a …
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Swans at Lanark Loch If you are wondering why there are so few swans at Lanark Loch at the moment, there is a strong and valid theory that it is …
The eyasses are now feeding themselves most of the time.
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Over the last few days we have had some amazing views of the fledgling tiercel and it has been a real privilege to see them so close up. They have …
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Peregrines This year’s Falls of Clyde young peregrine falcon chicks fledged on Lanark Lanimer’s Day (Thursday 9th June). Right from hatching, these two juvenile male birds have grown and developed …
Falcon feeding eyasse on near pine tree
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The eyasses have mainly been sitting in the pine trees on the other side of the gorge from the peregrine watch. They get a good viewpoint from up there and …
Close up views of the fledglings around the nest site.
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Yesterday after the eyasses fledged we had some great views of them around the peregrine watch. The falcon flew in yesterday with a starling and fed the eyasses in the …
The eyasses have fledged the eyrie this morning
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There was great excitement at the peregrine watch this morning as one eyasse had already fledged when I arrived at 9.30am. I looked at the overnight recording and it flew …
The falcon stoops down on a heron passing through the gorge
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A very exciting event happened at the peregrine watch on Sunday. A heron was flying through the gorge past the eyrie when suddenly the falcon flew off the oak tree …