EALING Hospital’s resident peregrine falcons have found their way on to film after an eventful year in which three babies were born.
Ealing Wildlife Group installed a camera on the roof, to follow the family’s progress until the young ones flew the nest.
The family live on a top floor window ledge on the north-eastern corner of the building after falcons Freddy and Dusty decided to make it their home
The wildlife group have been keeping an eagle eye on developments, with vet Sean McCormack given special permission to access the roof.
Peregrines find tall buildings with largely inaccessible roof space an ideal home, along with a ready supply of food in pigeons and parakeets.
Pippa Nightingale, CEO of the hospital trust, said: “They are celebrities now and you can often hear them calling to one another above the hospital entrance.”
EWG is also involved in the proposed reintroduction of beavers to the UK by applying to put a controlled enclosure trail at Paradise Fields in North Greenford.
You can watch the falcons growing up in public at https://youtu.be/nSZnQ5h00t4
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