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St Albans Cathedral Peregrine chicks are ringed
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (385+ words) The new clutch of Peregrine falcon chicks at St Albans Cathedral have been ringed " and their genders determined as one male, one female, and possibly another female " weight being the only determinate at this stage. The three chicks are thriving,…...
Battle of the bund: Frogmore residents fighting to save endangered habitat of rare skylarks
1+ week, 1+ day ago (485+ words) Frogmore residents are fighting to prevent the destruction of a long-established breeding habitat for skylarks, a red-listed species of significant conservation concern in the UK, which could be lost as part of the strategic rail freight development. They want to…...
Peregrine falcon chicks hatch at St Albans Cathedral
2+ week, 6+ day ago (163+ words) This year's clutch of Peregrine falcon eggs at St Albans Cathedral are starting to hatch. St Albans resident Alison Debenham spotted they had hatched on the live'webcam'overlooking the falcons' nest tray earlier this morning, and announced the news on social…...
Cathedral Peregrine falcons webcam is now live!
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (388+ words) The live webcam overlooking the Peregrine falcons" nest tray at St Albans Cathedral has now been switched on for 2026. The pair of birds, who began capturing the public"s attention when their first chick hatched in 2022, are now breeding for…...
Discover the story of Harpenden's Lydekker family at new museum exhibition
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (298+ words) A world-renowned naturalist whose pioneering work in zoology, paleontology, and biogeography redefined scientific thinking in Victorian England is remembered in a new exhibition at Harpenden Museum. Richard Lydekker (1849-1915), whose family lived at Harpenden Lodge, worked extensively in cataloguing fossil vertebrates…...