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Sunday, May 11, 2008

More Babies


swan with cygnet  

another pic of swan and cygnets  

Swan and cygnets, Worcester to Birmingham canal, tonight.

Update, May 17th:

I spotted mummy swan tonight with her 8 cygnets on the canal.

Photos Copyright © 2008 Phil Randal


Posted by Phil at 10:40 PM
Edited on: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 10:34 PM
Categories: Environment, Photos

Friday, May 09, 2008

Flash, Bang!


lightning  

Photo taken from my window just before 9pm tonight. Worcester cathedral is on the lower left. Click on pic to enlarge.

Copyright © 2008 Phil Randal


Posted by Phil at 10:33 PM
Edited on: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 10:34 PM
Categories: Environment, Photos

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

PeregrineCam


Worcester's Glover's Needle (aka St Andrew's church spire - the spire is all that remains after the church was demolished in the 1940s) is now home to a pair of nesting Peregrine falcons.

glover's needle

So far two chicks have hatched, with mum and dad taking turns on the nest.

The webcam image below is from the City of Worcester's Peregrine Cam page.

The image is updated every 10 seconds (refresh manually here, or go to the webcam page for automatic refresh)..

peregrines

Feeding time tonight:

peregrines feeding

peregrines feeding

peregrines feeding

peregrines feeding

Supper time, Wednesday May 7

peregrines feeding


Posted by Phil at 11:55 AM
Edited on: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 10:35 PM
Categories: Environment