Marlow Peregrines

Peregrines first nested on All Saints Church, Marlow in 2021, following the installation of a nest platform on the church tower.

Broods fledged successfully in 2021 (3); 2022 (4); and 2026 (3).

The chicks have all been ringed with a BTO metal ring on the right leg, and a coded Orange plastic ring on the left leg. The codes on the colour rings are legible though binoculars/telescope or a camera with a long-lens.

So far 4 of the 10 chicks that fledged have been reported elsewhere, as follows:

fledged in 2021:

T3R - sighted at Maidenhead 6km distant in July 2021

T4R - no data so far

T6R - bred successfully at Aylesbury 27km distant in 2026, when 5 years old

 

fledged in 2022:

T7R - no data so far

TAS - no data so far

TBS - no data so far

TCS - found dead at Slough 12km distant in Sept 2022

 

fledged in 2026:

TDS -no data so far  

Z3F - no data so far

Z4F - sighted at Staines reservoir 22km distant in Aug 2026

 

Additionally a female chick with Pale Blue cr [AY] fledged in 2023 in Bath 112km distant, was sighted on Marlow church in Dec 2023.

 

T6R nesting at Aylesbury in 2026

Z4F at Staines Res