Decided to visit the Minster again this afternoon, to try and see the peregrines. A couple of photographers were occupying the first bench, and they had not seen the birds. I sat on the second bench and used my binoculars to scan their usual perches on the Minster. No sign of the birds. Lots of pigeons flying about, some were even landing on the same ledge that the peregrines are nesting on. The two photographers left.
After a while I heard a screeching noise and managed to find this peregrine high up on the Minster.
Another peregrine flew overhead, and then both birds disappeared.
It was a while before the birds returned. One went straight back to the ledge where the nesting tray is and disappeared from view. The other bird perched on top of one of grotesque for a while and then started screeching again.
The bird would look up and eventually I spotted a third peregrine flying very high over the Minster.
I lost sight of both birds, so came home.
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