Peregrine egg hatching livestreamed at cathedral

Hatching of peregrine falcon eggs at Worcester Cathedral has been streamed live on the web.

The adult peregines, Peggy and Peter, have been looking after four eggs, with the first hatching earlier.

The chicks would attempt to fly towards the end of May, start of June, the cathedral said.

Images have been available on YouTube, after last year's live stream attracted nearly 400,000 views across the globe.

Video of the peregines' nest has been streamed on YouTube

The cathedral's biodiversity advisor Chris Dobbs, said Peggy ate half the shell and people might not see much of the chick in the first couple of days.

"They normally look a bit wet, when they first come out of course, because they've been feeding on the yolk inside the egg," he said.

"So, the warmth of the parents above dries them out fairly quickly and they start cheeping for food pretty soon."

Mr Dobbs added the closer the chicks hatch together "the better".

He stated: "It means that all the chicks will be a similar age and we won't get a really tiny one towards the end of the week."

Peggy and Peter have been looking after four eggs

Peggy and Peter would start to "alternately bring food in now", Mr Dobbs said.

"Until chick four hatches and they know what they're up against in terms of how much food they need, they'll come in steadily with little bits of food," he said.

"Of course that tiny chick doesn't need too much in the first few days."

Chicks dry out fairly quickly, biodiversity advisor Chris Dobbs said