WILDJULY
Britain’speregrinerecoverystarted
slowlyinthe1980s,thennumbersshot
upinthe1990sandhavecontinued
torise.Nowmanyareas(exceptin
Scotlandandthenorth)havereached
peregrinecapacity,andintownsand
cities,safefrompersecution,thereare
wellover 100 breedingpairs.Urban
peregrinechickstendtofledgeearlier,
oftenbeforetheycanflyproperly,
leadingtoaccidents,asbirdsbecome
stuckorgrounded.InJuly,youcansee
thesuccessfuljuvenilestogetherasthey
practiseflyingunderthewatchfuleye of
theirparents,whostill feed them.
FINDOUTMORE
Moreabouturbanperegrines:
peregrinenetwork.org
4 |PEREGRINE
Back from the brink
THE
PEREGRINE
ByJ A Baker,readby
David Attenborough.ONLINE