Three Peregrine Falcon chicks hatched on St Albans Cathedral last week, with thousands of people logging onto the Cathedral’s webcam to view the new arrivals.
The pair of Peregrine Falcons that bred on the Cathedral for the first time in 2022, bred for a second year in a row and last month three eggs were laid. The first egg was laid within just hours of the feed from the Cathedral’s webcam going live and since then, the public have been engrossed in watching the birds’ behaviour, with the webcam receiving over 130,807 page views to date and visitors staying to watch for several minutes at a time. The Peregrine Falcons’ activity has also attracted attention from the ground, with bird watchers, photographers and other interested parties gathering for sightings of the birds of prey.