A cathedral’s resident peregrine falcon chose Mothering Sunday to lay her first egg of the year.
Since then, the breeding pair living on the spire of Leicester Cathedral have added a second to the clutch, webcams operated by Leicester Peregrine Project have shown.
The expectant mother, part of a brood hatched on the spire in 2024, will hopefully hatch and then raise a new family over the summer months, said project lead Jim Graham.
“When it comes to this time of year, it does tend to get a little bit tense to see when the first egg is going to be laid,” he said.