8 Mar 23 — lunchtime quickie
Tom and Azina managed a quick mating on the ledge at lunchtime during one of today’s exchanges. 😉
6 Mar 23 — Synchronised take offs
Tom brings food to Azina in the box this morning. I love how their departures are perfectly synchronised!
6 Mar 23 — Mating on the ledge
Tom and Azina mating on the ledge this morning. A different view, from the fixed camera. Azina instigated that one, but it took Tom some time to get the message.
5 Mar 23 — Preening Tom
Tom preening on the ledge last night while he kept an eye out on the egg. A good thorough job, including talons.
5 Mar 23
Shots from the last few days, including of the first egg today.
Day 4 of New Girl
She roosted on the ledge and spent pretty much the whole day there too, she is definitely seeing it as home now I think.
Tom has tried again without success to entice her for a courtship display inside the box. The only time he managed was by taking prey inside with him. Very cunning! But all she did was come in and grab…
He’s managed to mate with her more than once today today as they did it 4 times on the ledge…
One thing I have noticed is that New Girl appears to be a bit messy, Charlie would never have left remains of prey all over the ledge wall… 
2 Jan 2019 – courtship
A couple of attempts at courtship displays today.
It all started early, before the cameras had switched back from night setting, with Tom landing on the nest ledge, followed by Charlie. Tom went to the nest box.
But Charlie preferred to eat.
After she’d finished eating, Charlie went to cache the remains in their usual spot on the ledge, feaked for a bit and was sitting when Tom decided to go in the nest box and tried to entice her for a display.
But, it looks like she wasn’t interested.
So he finished the remains instead.
Later in the afternoon, I was walking through the cemetery, when I heard Peregrine calls and saw Tom land on the corner of the nest box. A minute later I saw Charlie arrive from the South, circle a bit and then land on the ledge at the other end. Tom immediately went into the box but Charlie took her time and by the time she got to the nest box Tom had gone on the wall.
Her turn to try and entice him and fail 😉
“What have I done to deserve this?”
A great start to 2019!