I am reluctant to say that these birds definitely have eggs but everything seems to point that way! Both are taking it in turns to sit so that must be a good sign. Lets just hope and pray that my suspicions are correct?
Because the nest site is so high and also has a quantity of vegetation growing at the sill edge, it is difficult to see any possible eggs in the scrape. If my suspicions are correct then we could expect to see 3 or 4 eggs in the nest site and from my primitive calculations based on a date that I became pretty convinced that there were eggs and that they were both taking it in tuns to sit on them, I think that we might discover chicks sometime around mid May!
Needless to say I can't wait but we must all keep our fingers crossed that everything goes well. We must never forget that Peregrine Falcons are still persecuted in this country by land owners, pigeon fanciers and other groups who consider them a threat to their livelihoods or hobbies!
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