Urban Peregrines

Peregrine Queries

 

 

• For help with the identification of prey items see my 'Wildlife Detective' page.

 

• For consultancy services for the media, planning and construction please contact me direct for advice and quote.

 

• For advice on grounded Peregrines, corpses, ringing and injuries please Tweet @eddrewitt or contact me direct.

Peregrine with Green Woodpecker by Dave Pearce.

What makes an Urban Peregrine tick?

I have been studying Urban Peregrines for the past 22 years looking at what they eat and where young travel once they leave the nest.

 

During this time I have been working with others to discover that:

 

• Urban Peregrines hunt at night in towns and cities taking nocturnal migrants such as Woodcock, Little Grebe and Water Rails.

 

• Many colour-ringed Peregrines hatched from nests in the west of England head to the east and north-east of the UK

 

• Over 100 species of bird are eaten by Urban Peregrines from Kingfishers to Blackcaps; feral/domesticated pigeons make up a third of the Urban Peregrine diet.

 

• My book 'Urban Peregrines', the first of its kind, is available to buy.