Peregrines at St Wulfram's

Welcome to the Peregrines at St Wulfram's Church.

Peregrines have been present at St Wulfram's since 2007. Although the peregrines have not had success every year, in 2025 three chicks fledged the nest.

We were fortunate to have the services of Chris Skipper, from the Cromer Peregrine Group, on 12 December 2020 who came to install new state of the art cameras and monitoring systems. These enable us to show all four walkways of the church tower and the nest tray using a zoom, pan and tilt facility operated by the peregrine team.

We are grateful to the Lincolnshire Bird Club for funding this exciting new equipment.

For more videos of the peregrines at St Wulfram's Church and information about the Lincolnshire Bird Club please CLICK HERE to visit their website.

The nest site, known as an eyrie, is usually on a grassy or earthen cliff ledge, quarry, or other inaccessible undisturbed location. Buildings and other constructions are increasingly being used. The nest itself is a slight scrape in earth or old debris on the nest ledge. No material is brought in to build a nest. The female forms for scrape using her chest and legs.

The Peregrines have chosen us - the tray has not been installed to encourage them to nest here.

The 2026 season:

Four eggs have been laid this year, the first on 25 March at 07:15, the second on 27 March at 23:30, the third on 30 March at 17:07 and the fourth on 2 April at 12:30.

The eggs should begin to hatch around Wednesday 6 May - we'll keep you posted with any developments.

Below is live footage from the nest site.