BirdWatch Ireland Cork Branch

BirdWatch Ireland Cork Branch Welcome to the page of the Cork Branch of BirdWatch Ireland. Banner photo by Mark Carmody. We hope you'll enjoy the page! Thanks.

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label it - and if you see one without a label, name it in the comments if you would. PLEASE NOTE:- We just wanted to remind you all - please do not post any photographs of chicks or eggs in nests. Believe it or not but such photos are illegal without a licence from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, and unfortunately we have to delete them. BirdWatch Ireland Cork Branch Facebook Administrators:
Anna McWilliam (AM) & Jim Wilson (JW).

28/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 20 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. The chicks are becoming more active and the dark feathers are starting to grow on the head as well as other parts of the body. One chicks show how to p**p away from the 'nest' area.
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26/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 18 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. The chicks continue to grow bigger by the day. They are also becoming more active on the nesting platform and if you look very closely you can just make out the beginnings of their first set of dark feathers starting to grow.

24/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 16 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. As the chicks grow bigger the parents don't brood (sit on) them so much. Here the male does some stretching exercises while keeping a watch on the young ones who are making hissing sounds now and then.

22/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 14 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. When one of the parents returns with food they usually greet each other with very loud shrieking calls, which can be heard at quite a distance from the Cathedral. You might also be able to hear the wheezing begging calls of the chicks.

20/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 12 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. The chicks are getting bigger by the day and more vocal too. It's a hard fact of life for peregrine chicks. Unlike garden birds they hatch on different days so one is bigger than the other. If there is enough food both should survive but this way, if not there is a better chance that one will.
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17/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 10 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. The rapidly growing chicks are not able to control their body temperature yet so the adults have to sit on them (brood). As the chicks grow this is becoming more difficult to do, especially for the male, who is smaller than the female. Today the peregrines had front seats at one of a regular series of Sunday carillon recitals in the Cathedral, this time by carillonneur Oisín Dilger :-)
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17/05/2026

WATCH TO THE END! - Keeping the nest clean is vital for the survival of the chicks. Here Mom demonstrates how to do it as she answers the call of nature at 3:53am. You rarely see peregrines reversing :-) We will post a chick update this this evening.
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We have a big Bioblitz coming up on the reserve next Friday, the aim of which is to try and identify as many species of ...
16/05/2026

We have a big Bioblitz coming up on the reserve next Friday, the aim of which is to try and identify as many species of flora and fauna on the reserve in a 24 hour period.
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15/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 8 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. It was an early start this morning for our peregrines with the male bringing in breakfast for the family with much fanfare at 5:16AM.
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13/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 6 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. Mom feeding the two hungry chicks this morning. Both parents share all duties. The high winds, 61 metres up, occasionally causes image distortion, not to mention noise on the microphone.

11/05/2026

BWI PeregrineCam - Day 4 on the spire of St. Colman's Cathedral in Cobh. The first chick hatched four days ago and while the two chicks are looks good we feel the chances of the other two hatching at this stage are slim. While peregrine falcons typically lay 3-4 eggs, it is common for at least one to not hatch, with an overall egg failure rate commonly cited around 10% or higher, depending on the population, environmental factors, and parental age. This is normal, often due to infertility, developmental issues, or thin shells.
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