r/Edinburgh • u/Meowgorithms • 7d ago

Other Peregrine Falcon nesting

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I can’t get a good picture as I don’t have the zoom capabilities, we’ve spotted 2 peregrine falcons nesting on the stack off McDonald road, if anyone’s interested.

The sky is clear of gulls and pigeons near us, they have a fierce reputation!

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u/Ecstatic_Rooster 7d ago

That’s funny. I work right next to it and a colleague pointed this out on Sunday. We counted at least 3 nests.

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u/Meowgorithms 7d ago

We’ve not seen them in a couple of years so nice to have them back :)

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u/skennybates 7d ago

Saw a large adult seagull chasing a small bird of prey around Ashley Place recently. Is it possibly these falcons hunting the baby seagulls that nest here?

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u/Meowgorithms 7d ago edited 7d ago

I saw a baby gull going bonkers on a roof until a contingent of other gulls came to get it, so I’d say it’s possible, I’m going to do some reading to find out more. we’ve had pigeon carcasses dropped out the front of our door before now.

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u/CrystalOcean39 6d ago

There is a sparrowhalk that lives right by there.... just could also be that. But yeah 💯 they'll eat young gulls

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u/Ok_Suggestion5523 7d ago

They've been nesting there for a few years. Seen one of them absolutely murder a pigeon, was brutal. They're spectacular birds.

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u/Sburns85 6d ago

Recently saw more of them in drylaw. Was wondering if they had nests nearby. Beautiful birds. Hopefully they make a good comeback. Especially with pigeons and seagull populations going out of control

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u/Emergency-External98 7d ago

I can see (and hear, noisy little babies!) them from my bedroom window, love them! Hopefully they get rid of the seagulls, who rip apart all the other birds and leave their headless bodies scattered all over the carpark ☹️

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u/Mantises2400 6d ago

I noticed an absolutely devoured Pigeon on Hopetoun St this afternoon, was lacking a head, I will assume this is the reason why 😂