City loses peregrine chick after reason revealed for livestream issues
One of Worcester's peregrine chicks has died. (Image: Peregrine Falcons in Worcester)
ONE of the city's peregrine chicks has died after it was revealed why the birds' livestream was down for several hours.
It was a "sad" start to May for the followers of Worcester Cathedral's love birds, Peter and Peggy, after it was revealed the pair lost a chick last night.
The death comes after the cathedral's YouTube livestream was temporarily offline due to a network outage in the area.
The cause of the outage is still unknown at this stage.
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A spokesperson for the Peregrine Falcon livestream said: "Very sadly one of the peregrine chicks at Worcester Cathedral died overnight on Tuesday / Wednesday.
"Coincidentally, the livestream went down last night due to a network outage, so we are unsure of the cause at this stage.
"This year for the first time the fourth egg did not hatch, which is not unusual.
"It is also not unusual for some chicks not to survive, they are wild birds after all.
"It is very sad for this to have happened, after we have become accustomed to such successful breeding by the pair.
"We are hopeful the two remaining chicks will continue to thrive and fledge successfully in the coming weeks, and we'll keep you updated as things progress."
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Peter and Peggy, who are also known as Mr and Mrs P, had produced and fledged four healthy chicks over the last three years at Worcester Cathedral.
The team added that they are monitoring cameras and the other two remaining chicks seem okay.
"We are keeping a close eye on the nest," they added.
The Worcester Cathedral Livestream has resumed on YouTube.
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