Peregrine night-hunt caught on camera

Derby Cathedral video is World first in showing night hunting Peregrine Falcons

The Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project team, of which Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is a partner, claim to have recorded the first ever film in the UK, Europe and North America showing conclusively that Peregrine Falcons use urban floodlighting to catch prey during the night.

For some years, scientists and volunteers monitoring the spread of Peregrine Falcons into urban areas have found the remains of prey items which they believed to have been caught at night. Reports and articles have been published about this phenomenon, but until now there has been no film footage to prove it conclusively.

The video can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtiWWr3e8-U

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