Friday April 25th

Good parenting leads to successful offspring, or at least the siblings are more likely to survive! The Ravens are certainly very watchful and attentive parents trying hard to ensure the survival of all of their brood. From Sea Walls I could spy a large shadowy figure at the top of one of the oaks; then from the Peregrine Watch, the other Raven parent at the top of the yew trees to the left of the nest. Meanwhile two smaller black forms were perched on the nest edge, and another was close by in a small tree. There was an occasional flutter of wings as the young Ravens exercised, or as one of the parents took off and patrolled the Gorge.

Footnote: The RSPB has a campaign to highlight birds of prey (Arn't Birds Brilliant). Across the UK, the Peregrine sites, along with those for Red Kites, Ospreys, Eagles and Hen Harriers, with some other species, can be
found at via a Google Map
However! No mention of the Avon Gorge Peregrines - only Cheddar Gorge!
MY email to the RSPB resulted in the following comment:
"The reason that there is no mention of the Avon Gorge peregrines is that
they are not one of our sites. The Aren't birds brilliant sites
mentioned all have RSPB staff on hand to show people the birds. The map
isn't supposed to be an exhaustive map of all sites in the UK, just
those where we have a presence and where we are showing people these
brilliant birds. I hope that this answers your query and that the peregrines
in the Avon Gorge (and Cheddar) have a successful breeding season and raise some
chicks. Best wishes, Kevin RSPB Web Team"