OCTOBER 2025
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.