29 Oct – the pair arrive at 7:15 and go into the box. The male quickly leaves and the female follows at 7:30. The pair are back at 16:35, the male leaves quickly and the female goes into the box for a few minutes but soon follows.

28 Oct – the female flies in at 4:45 and sits on the ledge for ten minutes. The male lands at 6:05 and goes into the box when the female arrives 15 minutes later. He flies off at 6:25 but she remains in the box tending the scrapes, then moves to the ledge at 6:40 and flies off after five minutes. The pair return to the box at 9:05. The male flies off after five minutes whilst the female remains until 10:10.

27 Oct – the male arrives at 6:00, tends the scrape at 6:15 then returns to the ledge until flying off at 6:40. He returns with a full crop at 9:35, goes into the box and flies off ten minutes later and is back briefly at 11:55.

26 Oct – the male arrives at 6:10 and grabs the stashed Stock Dove and flies off with it after 15 minutes. The female lands at 9:05 grabs the stashed Teal and flies out. The male is back at 14:50, goes into the box to tend the scrape then moves to the ledge. He flies off at 16:00 but quickly returns with the female that is looking well fed. They go into the box but he soon leaves and she flies out at 16:10.  

25 Oct – the male arrives at 7:15 for five minutes. He is back briefly at 13:20 and the female arrives five minutes later and goes into the box where she remains until flying out at 15:30. The male lands five minutes later but soon leaves. The female returns at 20:15 carrying fresh Teal prey which she stashes by a column and flies off. She is back again at 23:40 this time carrying fresh Stock Dove prey, stashes it then leaves.

24 Oct – the male arrives at 7:10 and sits on the ledge. He goes into the box at 7:35 on the arrival of the female. He quickly leaves but she remains until moving to the ledge at 7:45 and flying off five minutes later. The male returns to the box at 9:15, then moves to the ledge where he remains until flying off at 10:35. He returns at 11:15 and is joined by the female at 11:35. He sits on the ledge after a brief bout of bonding, whilst she remains in the box. He flies off ten minutes later, but she remains until 13:50. The pair return at 16:55 and go into the box. He leaves after a few minutes, and she follows at 17:05.

22 Oct – there was no activity on camera today.

21 Oct – WATCH DAY – when we arrive at 9:30, the female is sitting on an east-facing cross. She flies off briefly at 9:40 and returns to the same cross. The male arrives at 10:00 and the pair fly into the box. He leaves after five minutes bonding and sits on a spire cross. She follows at 10:20 after tending the scrape and heads north. She returns to a cross at 11:45 and the male flies off. He is back ten minutes later, and the pair remain until we leave. They fly into in the box at 14:15. The male leaves after five minutes bonding, and the female flies out at 14:30. The male returns to the box at 17:55 and tends the scrapes. He moves to the ledge at 18:00 and flies off 20 minutes later.

20 Oct – the pair fly in together at 1:55. The female goes into the box whilst the male sits on the ledge. She moves to the opposite ledge at 2:10. He flies off at 5:00 whilst she remains until 6:20. She returns at 8:40 with very fresh Feral Pigeon prey and takes it into the box to pluck and feed. She stashes the remains and flies out at 9:25 and is quickly replaced by the male. He already looks well fed and feeds on scraps then sits on the ledge until leaving at 9:35. He is back two hours later, checks the box and flies out.

19 Oct – the female flies in at 7:50 and sees the plover that has been on the platform since the 5th but ignores it and goes into the box to tend the scrapes. She moves to the ledge at 8:00 and flies off 15 minutes later. The plover remains have disintegrated so much that a strong burst of wind blew it from the platform at 8:20. The male lands at 16:15, checks the scrapes in the box but quickly leaves.

18 Oct – the male lands at 7:00, grabs the stashed plover but does not like the feel of it and flies off.

17 Oct – the male lands on the ledge at 7:00 and remains for ten minutes.

16 Oct – there was no activity on camera today.

15 Oct – the male flies into the box and tends the scrapes at 17:50 then moves to the ledge after a few minutes and leaves soon after.

14 Oct – the pair fly into the box at 17:40. The male leaves soon after and the female tends to the scrapes before departing five minutes later.

13 Oct – there was no activity on camera today.

12 Oct – the pair fly into the box for a short bout of bonding at 18:35. The male soon leaves, and the female quickly follows.

11 Oct – the female flies in at 14:35 and goes into the box to tend to the scrapes. She flies out at 15:05. The male lands at 15:30, checks the box then leaves after ten minutes. The male is back at 18:10, checks the box then sits on the ledge briefly before flying off.

10 Oct – the male lands at 8:20, pays a quick visit to the box then sits on the ledge for 15 minutes before flying off.

9 Oct – the male lands briefly at 7:30. There is no other activity on camera today.

8 Oct – the male lands for five minutes at 13:30. He returns and goes into the box at 17:30 but flies out after five minutes.

7 Oct – the male lands at 3:55 and falls asleep on the ledge. He leaves at 7:10 and returns at 9:30. He goes into the box at 9:55 on the arrival of the female. He flies out at 10:05 and she leaves five minutes later. The male is back at 12:40 and goes into the box for ten minutes then returns to the ledge and flies off.

6 Oct – the male flies in at 7:10, tends the scrape in the box briefly and flies out. He is back at 11:40, goes into the box briefly an hour later, returning to the ledge until flying off at 14:00 after seeing something overhead. He is back after five minutes, checks the box again and flies off at 14:25. He returns 15 minutes later and leaves at 15:40.

5 Oct – the female flies off at 2:00 but is back 35 minutes later. She leaves again at 3:30 and returns at 5:20 carrying fresh Golden Plover prey which she stashes by a column. The male arrives at 6:45 and the pair go into the box. He does not stay long, and she flies out at 7:10. He is back at 8:15 for ten minutes and again briefly at 16:10.

4 Oct – the cameras were reset at 15:50 and the female was seen to be sitting on the east-facing cross of the spire whilst the male was sitting in the scrape in the box. He moves to the ledge at 16:45 and flies off at 17:10. The female flies onto the ledge at 21:20 and remains until midnight.

3 Oct – the female flies in at 2:35 and sits on the ledge until flying off at 7:05. The male flies in with a full crop at 9:15 but leaves after five minutes. There was a major power outage in the city that upset our camera connection, and the cameras were off until the afternoon of the 4th.

2 Oct – the male flies in at 7:45 until 8:10. On a visit into the city at 15:00, both male and female birds could be seen sitting in the east and north circular windows of the spire. The pair fly into the box at 17:10 but the male quickly leaves. The female remains until 18:15 when she flies out.

1 Oct – the male flies in at 5:10 and leaves at 6:15. He is back at 8:20, checks the scrapes in the box and flies out five minutes later. He returns at 13:35, checks the box then sits on the ledge. He is back tending the scrapes in the box at 15:10 for 25 minutes, returning to the ledge until flying off at 17:10. The female arrives at 18:35 and goes into the box to tend the scrapes and flies out at 18:50.

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