Hospital peregrines
Ealing Hospital’s resident peregrines Dusty and Freddy are proud parents again.
Webcam images show two of the four eggs hatched in late spring with the surviving babies being feed on a diet of pigeons and parakeets until they are big enough to fly themselves.
Ealing Wildlife Group (EWG) are monitoring their progress and recently got access to the roof to attach ID rings so the raptors can be recognised when they are old enough to fly the nest.
Sean McCormark, Chair of EWG, said: “It is fantastic to see Dusty and Freddy have succeeded in raising chicks again since I originally installed the nest box in 2021.
“You can watch them live on our live webcam so a huge thanks to the hospital who welcomed the project, the council for funding the webcam and our licensed bird ringer so we can keep track of the peregrines’ journey as they get older and fly the nest.”
EWG’s 3,700 strong Facebook group regularly report sightings of wildlife in the borough including barn owls, hobby falcons, several types of bat and the rare great crested newt championed by former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone.
You can watch how the birds getting at www.ealingwildlifegroup.com