Chicks ringed for the future

Volunteers have climbed to the top of a Stafford office block to ring a nest of peregrine falcon chicks, in order to track their future movements.

The four chicks were born in a nesting box on top of the BT Telephone Exchange on Eastgate Street in the town, about three weeks ago. 

Ringing birds allows the West Midlands Ringing Group to follow them as they grow and travel as well as take DNA from the birds to monitor any thefts or unnatural deaths.