Four peregrine chicks hatch at Glasgow university

The Glasgow Peregrine Project is led by the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, the University of Glasgow and the RSPB, with support from a number of other groups.

Mr Simpson feels the collaboration has proved helpful in helping to learn more about the falcons and their behaviour.

Members of the project hope to abseil down the tower later this year to lift the chicks out and fit them with electronic tags that will enable monitoring of their movements.

Mr Simpson added: “With the identification tags we can see where they have gone, how high they fly and other information that would be really useful.”

In recent years the group have held peregrine watches at the university, allowing people to see the birds in their nest.