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A RARE Goshawk chick being raised in the New Forest has died.
The baby was one of three whose progress at a secret location is being broadcast live on the Daily Echo’s website via a webcam.
RSPB project officer, Dr Therasa Paul, said the mother found the chick dead and pulled it to one side.
“We don’t know what it was, maybe the heat? But they’re very vulnerable at this age,” said Dr Paul, from Ashurst.
The hot weather was making life easier for the parents than the wind and rain when the project was run last year.
Dr Paul said the remaining chicks, now just over a week old, had been so well fed they were even refusing food.
“One is particularly greedy. They got a squirrel on Sunday.”
The female parent is an escaped falconer’s bird and the male is from wild stock.
The chicks are expected to fly from June 19-26 and it is hoped a pair of Hobbys will then take over the nest.
The project is a partnership and between the RSPB, the New Forest National Park Authority, the Forestry Commission and Carnyx Wild. Webcam specialist Carnyx said it has had more than 100,000 visitors to the live stream since April 1.
This year’s new camera system can pan, tilt and has infrared light
