{"id":395177,"date":"2026-01-28T15:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/395177\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:13:10","slug":"glasgows-peregrine-falcon-family-spotted-perching-on-cineworld-building-in-sweet-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/395177\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow\u2019s peregrine falcon family spotted perching on Cineworld building in sweet update"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Bonnie and Clyde- the city’s favourite pair of peregrines- are usually spotted at Glasgow University, they have most recently been seen perching at the top of the now-closed Cineworld building on Renfrew Street.\"Bonnie<\/p>\n

Bonnie the peregrine falcon spotted perching on Glasgow’s Cineworld building(Image: John Simpson via Glasgow Peregrine Project\/Instagram)<\/p>\n

Bird lovers in Glasgow <\/a>will be pleased to hear a sweet update on the city’s family of peregrine falcons, who appear to have a new hangout spot. While Bonnie and Clyde- the city’s favourite pair of peregrines- are usually spotted at Glasgow University, they have most recently been seen perching at the top of the now-closed Cineworld building on Renfrew Street.<\/p>\n

The 62-metre tall building, which is soon to become an Omniplex cinema,<\/a> is clearly an ideal look-out spot for the falcon family, which consists of parents Bonnie and Clyde, and their grown-up fledgling Victor, who flew the nest last year. Victor previously had a sibling named Jack, who sadly passed away last June.<\/a><\/p>\n

An update from Glasgow Peregrine Project<\/a> on social media announced the parent peregrines’ new favourite perch.<\/p>\n

The group said on Instagram on January 13: “We are pleased to share that Bonnie and Clyde have settled on a new favourite lookout\/roosting spot, frequently returning to the Glasgow Cineworld to perch high above the city.<\/p>\n

“This elevated position provides an excellent vantage point to survey their territory, and identify potential prey before launching into hunting flights across the urban landscape.”<\/p>\n

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The bird lovers also shared the latest news from Victor<\/a>, who has fully dispersed and will soon create his own territory and family.<\/p>\n

The statement continued: “In further positive news, it seems that wee Victor has successfully dispersed, a conclusion supported by absent sightings in his usual city centre haunts. It won\u2019t be too long until he begins establishing his own territory and peregrine family. We continue to monitor the area closely to confirm his dispersal.”<\/p>\n

While Bonnie and Clyde have a new favourite spot to roost, they are likely to return to their nest site at Glasgow University in time for breeding season.<\/p>\n

Glasgow Peregrine Project added: “As the breeding season draws closer, Bonnie has been showing increasing interest in returning to the university. She has been frequently perching atop the Gilbert Scott Tower and soaring around the campus, clearly focused on defending both her nest site and wider territory.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Bonnie and Clyde- the city’s favourite pair of peregrines- are usually spotted at Glasgow University, they have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[144459,1397,679,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-395177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-cineworld","tag-environment","tag-glasgow","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395177","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=395177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}