11:23 Falcon in the box incubating the clutch of 3 eggs, the tiercel feeding on cached prey on the W ledge.
Photo credits- Jane Crossen
11:24 Tiercel flew after a gull and then perched on the SE pinnacle
11:32 Incubation change over, the tiercel takes over incubation duties
11:33 The falcon flew South and then returned to the top of the SW pinnacle
11:43 Falcon dropped from perch out of sight.
11:50 Microlight flew over the male was watching from the nest box
13:23 Falcon appears back on S gingerbread man just as a coach of 32 children and adults arrive at the watchpoint.
Photo credits- Jane Crossen
13:41 Falcon does several laps of the church then lands on the E ledge and starts to eat the remains of he carcass that the male was feeding on at 11:23
14:16 Falcon flies on the the roof out of view from the watch point
14:23 Falcon lands on the box there is a vocal exchange, tiercel refuses to move and the falcon flies out of the box.
14:58 Falcon walks back to the box along the ridge of the roof, another vocal exchange but the tiercel still doesn't move.
15:02 Tiercel eventually leaves the nest box and the falcon settles on the eggs.
15:25 Falcon perched on NW pinnacle, visible from upstairs/downstairs corner of the church
15:44 Tiercel flew off South.
Thank you to today's volunteers- Jane and Bev
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