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Peregrine Falcon
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Aims
1. To assist the colonisation of London by
peregrines, so that current and future generations of Londoners
have the opportunity to see this magnificent bird over their
city.
The peregrine falcon
is currently colonising London as part of a national recovery
from serious declines in the middle of the 20th century, caused
largely by poisoning from organochlorine pesticides such as
DDT. The current UK population is estimated to be 1,402 breeding
pairs (BTO National Peregrine Survey 2002).
Largely a cliff-nesting species throughout its world range,
peregrines are now taking to nesting on large buildings in
urban areas. In the UK, peregrines nest on bridges, gasometers,
pylons and a variety of buildings, often in artificial nest-boxes.
The 2002 BTO survey identified 62 man made sites (i.e. buildings,
bridges and pylons) across the UK where peregrines were breeding.
Although there are unconfirmed reports of peregrines having
nested on St Paul's cathedral in the 1860s, the first pair
to breed in modern times was probably the pair that fledged
two young in 1998 on the derelict Spillers Millennium Mills
building in the Royal Docks. Although single birds and pairs
have subsequently frequented Beddington Farmlands (Sutton);
the Wetland Centre, Barnes; Bankside Power Station (now Tate
Modern) and the nearby Kings Reach Tower, no breeding was
recorded until a pair bred successfully at Battersea Power
Station in 2000. A pair has bred successfully on the site
every year since.
Contact
The Lead for this species is English Nature.
Peter Massini
English Nature
Devon House
12-15 Dartmouth Street
London SW1H 9BL
Tel: 020 7340 4870
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.english-nature.org.uk
Photo of Peregrine Falcon © Andy Fisher
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Related documents:
• P.
Falcons: An advice note about nesting on buildings in London
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