Wednesday 29 April 2015

It's not Alice!


I've had a quick look at what the video camera has captured over the last few days.
The good news is that we do seem to have a pair who are very keen to breed.
However, the really interesting thing is that the female is NOT Alice.


As you can just about see, she has no rings on either leg.
There is a video of the new female here.

There are no eggs yet. 

Tuesday 28 April 2015

We have a nesting pair!

Great news!
 
 
This morning both CR and DX were seen on the Abbey tower, and what's more, Alice was sitting in the nesting tray! This explains CR's scraping behaviour over the last week or so.
 

Welcome back Alice!
 
 
Christopher Robin was higher up the tower.
 
I will check to see what the video camera has captured later in the week to see if she might be sitting on any eggs yet.

Sunday 26 April 2015

CR scraping again

The camera has spotted Christopher Robin making a scrape again.


You can see the video here

 He is instinctively behaving like there is a nest with eggs, and could be a good sign if Alice reappears, however she has not been seen for several weeks.

Thursday 23 April 2015

CR caught on camera

The video camera has caught Christopher Robin again.

This morning he was filmed making a scrape in the gravel


Sadly, there is no sign of Alice, so why was he doing this?


Thursday 16 April 2015

Lots of pigeons

Sadly, there is still no sign of Alice, although Christopher Robin is still around.

The video recorder has not captured CR since 1st April, bit it has recorded lots and lots and lots of pigeons, and a pied wagtail.



Tuesday 14 April 2015

Still just one bird

Unfortunately, Alice hasn't been seen since the video of 17th March, not even at Bishop's Cleeve. Fingers crossed she will turn up somewhere soon.

Christopher Robin is still around. I saw him this morning flying from his usual perch on the east side of the Abbey tower.

There is much better news from Christchurch Cheltenham where CR's mum and dad have produced another batch of 4 eggs. Click HERE to see Dave Pearce's video of the last egg being laid.

Thursday 2 April 2015

Alice - where are you?

Everybody was really excited after the last post to this blog, however since then nothing has been seen of Alice, neither at Tewkesbury or Bishop's Cleeve.

Christopher Robin is still around - this short video was captured yesterday.
If you study the video from 17th March carefully, you will see that Alice has a damaged foot with one talon on her right foot at the wrong angle. Let's hope that this hasn't caused her any problems in feeding herself.
There's much better news from Christchurch Cheltenham, where the female has laid her first egg!