a pair over ,at Christon / Loxton - around mid day today [near webbington hotel] just a vis no bins to check any details

Many thanks for that, Robin. And your photos’ are brilliant, well done I will certainly be visiting the church on a regular basis as they are fascinating Birds and yes, fingers crossed for next year.

Hi Barry, I have two replies for you…

1. As both of the birds are ringed, it was possible to find out the following for these local birds.

Female - JY was ringed in Bath on the 26th May 2015
Male - JN was ringed in Exeter on the 21st May 2015

Back in May, the birds were very active with a breeding attempt. I saw the male bringing in various prey items, such as Pigeon, Kingfisher and Greenwoodpecker

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2. Sadly this web site is not seen as the premier site for bird news in this area and for me this is a real shame as it is the first place I look. The news of the Peregrines was in the Somerset Gaz, along with social media such as Twitter and Facebook. I think that once it became clear that the birds were not breeding, then interest died down and I for one stopped visiting the Church. Hopefully there will be better news next year if the pair remain together.

Robin

There are a couple of Peregrine Falcons at St Mary Magdalene Church, Taunton. I don’t know how long that they have been there but apparently they are none breeding first year Birds according to a chap that I spoke to from Taunton Council. Next year they are going to install a ‘‘Scrape’’ in the hope that they will breed. I only found out about them due to a picture of one of them that was posted on twitter by Brian ( Hill ). Great picture, Brian. The carving of a woman’s head that it is sat on reminds me of my ex,lol.