{"id":126854,"date":"2025-09-10T05:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/126854\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T05:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:12:07","slug":"peregrine-falcon-worlds-fastest-animal-at-weymouth-seafront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/126854\/","title":{"rendered":"Peregrine falcon world&#8217;s fastest animal at Weymouth seafront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A peregrine falcon\u00a0has\u00a0been snapped on camera by a member of the Dorset\u00a0Echo Camera Club.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The bird of prey perched itself on St John&#8217;s Church in Greenhill near to Weymouth Esplanade and looked down at the passers-by below.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The\u00a0falcon\u00a0\u2013 which can reach a top speed\u00a0of more than 200 miles per hour when diving \u2013 was spotted by keen photographer Fiona Lawrence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Peregrine falcons are the fastest member of the animal kingdom based on top speed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This bird in Weymouth looked like it was scoping out a place from which to catch prey.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Peregrine falcon on St John's Church, Weymouth\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Peregrine falcon on St John&#8217;s Church, Weymouth (Image: Fiona Lawrence)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You can see more pictures like this and share your own at the Dorset Echo Camera Club Facebook group, which you can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/echocameraclubdorset\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The lightning fast bird is the\u00a0UK&#8217;s biggest falcon\u00a0and wildlife charity the Wildlife Trust says the bird can be easily identified through its white throat and cheeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It\u00a0also has a very distinct black moustache and mask, with a dark slate-grey above and white underbelly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The birds typically nest on sea cliffs and rocky areas, though they have also used tall buildings as an alternative home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They often nest in the north and south west of England, but are being increasingly seen throughout the UK.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is not unusual for peregrines to eat ducks, rabbits or bats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A peregrine falcon\u00a0has\u00a0been snapped on camera by a member of the Dorset\u00a0Echo Camera Club. The bird of prey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":{"0":"post-126854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-unitedkingdom","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}