Rare falcons ringed but weather and raiders take their toll (Britain)

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Martin Davison, Forestry Commission ornithologist, said: "The bad weather couldn't have come at a worse time. Young chicks have no body-fat reserves and so need feeding soon after birth. One of the Peregrine nests I'm monitoring has been reduced from three chicks to just one. And that little one only pulled through because mum fed it with the two dead chicks."

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