Parliament March 20th

 

Good news for Parliament, she has laid eggs and is incubating after visiting on Thursday March 20th.

With sunny and warm weather, it was an opportunity not to be missed arriving on the Thursday around 6.45a.m.

Throughout the morning, she was in and out of the nest box, the Tiercel was hunting and took a turn at incubating whilst she fed.

Also present still and possibly going to assist in breeding is ABB, one of last year’s males, he was not only hunting but also seeing off Crows, Herring and Lesser Black Backed Gulls.

Watching the 2 Tiercels together, no aggression is being shown by 'Dad' so it looks as if he doesn’t see his offspring as a threat, hopefully he will be a help and not a hindrance.

I have seen this before at Battersea Power Station in 2019, and it din’t end well, the 1st year bird clumsily ‘spiking’ 3 of the 4 chicks offspring assisting in the feeding.

                                                     Ist year offspring ABB - favours Big Ben

                                                                           Falcon

                                                                           Tiercel

                                                           What Cranes were made for