{"id":1946,"date":"2011-07-11T15:29:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T14:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturearoundme.com\/contents1a\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2011-07-11T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T14:29:48","slug":"falcon-spotting-at-the-tate-modern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturearoundme.com\/contents1a\/2011\/07\/falcon-spotting-at-the-tate-modern\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon spotting at the Tate Modern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Powerful telescopes are being set up to allow visitors to view wild Peregrine Falcons on the Tate Modern<\/a> building in London.<\/p>\n

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looking for the birds on the Tate Modern building - Pic Eleanor Bentall (rspb-images.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The birds\u2019 nest nearby, but use the Tate\u2019s iconic 100 metre tall chimney as a daytime roost.<\/p>\n

The Tate pair are believed to be the first to re-colonise London after peregrines<\/a> vanished from the Capital in the last Century.<\/p>\n

Since this pair, named Misty and Bert, arrived in 2003, pairs of peregrines have increased and there are now over twenty pairs living wild in London.<\/p>\n

Misty and Bert have had 2 nest sites in the 8 years they have been breeding in London. The first 2 years were on a tower block near Regents Park. In 2006 they moved to the City, where they remain.<\/p>\n

RSPB<\/a> Senior Events Officer Lyndon Parker said: \u201cImagine a one litre bottle of water hitting you at a hundred to two-hundred miles an hour and you\u2019ll get an idea of how a peregrine falcon catches its dinner – mid-flight. Less of a bird and more of a flying brick. Peregrines are incredible birds built for speed and with strong talons to keep hold of lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The peregrine is afforded the highest degree of legal protection under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.<\/p>\n

In the British Isles peregrines do not migrate, and the majority stay within 100 km of their birthplace, although some upland birds move to lower ground or the coast in winter.<\/p>\n

The RSPB will be set-up next to the Millennium foot bridge from the 16 July to the 11 of September 2011, daily from Noon until 7 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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