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PEREGRINE FALCONS
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL | SALISBURY | ENGLAND
The peaceful city of Salisbury is home to one of the UK’s finest cathedrals.
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This skilfully designed towering structure sits at the centre of a labyrinth of tree lined streets and is flanked by ‘Arundells’, the home of ex-prime minister, Sir Edward Heath. Salisbury Cathedral is also the home to some unlikely tenants from the animal world.
On top of the 123-metre-high roof is a well-established and thriving nesting site for one of the UK’s most iconic native Birds of prey: the Peregrine falcon.
Whilst the Falcons have been ever-present at the cathedral, initially they used to only over-winter at the site and in the early springtime, they would leave. Phil Sheldrake, a local to Salisbury and employee of the RSPB at the time, saw a glimmer of potential to make the part-time falcons...
INTERVIEW: PHILIP SHELDRAKE | SENIOR ADVISOR | NATURAL ENGLAND
WORDS: FAITH MILLWARD
IMAGES: COURTESY OF MARY THOMAS
