Check-in time for Salisbury's peregrine falcon chicks

Conservationists ring and measure young birds for project that monitors threatened raptor populationHigh above the ancient stone floor of Salisbury Cathedral, in a landing at the foot of the spire, a curious secular ceremony was taking place.Two cardboard boxes containing three creatures, white and fluffy but with fearsome-looking beaks and talons, were brought in. The animals - young peregrine falcons - were measured, weighed and fitted with bright identification rings. Continue reading...