{"id":486359,"date":"2026-03-20T19:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486359\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T19:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T19:27:10","slug":"peregrine-falcons-make-glasgow-city-chambers-spire-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486359\/","title":{"rendered":"Peregrine falcons make Glasgow city chambers spire new home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of peregrine falcons has chosen the Glasgow City Chambers spire as their new home.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, affectionately named Bonnie and Clyde, have already laid their first eggs of the season at the new nest.<\/p>\n<p>Peregrines are typically associated with coastal cliff and it is extremely rare for them to settle in the heart of a busy urban area.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Say hi to the city centre skyline&#8217;s newest recruits! \ud83d\udc26\u2728<\/p>\n<p>Meet Bonnie &amp; Clyde, the peregrine falcon duo nesting high on the City Chambers spire \u2014 and exciting news\u2026 their first egg of the season has arrived! \ud83e\udd5a\ud83d\udc9b<\/p>\n<p>Follow all the latest updates here \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wn6edvs0FI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wn6edvs0FI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X0Kq9RAHNz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/X0Kq9RAHNz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glasgow City Council (@GlasgowCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlasgowCC\/status\/2034936754298302529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 20, 2026<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Seven-year-old Bonnie was first spotted in the city at Glasgow Cathedral back in 2020. She and Clyde have been inseparable since 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ade11e8297da911eb983607882d82eb7-1774008567.jpg\" width=\"746\" height=\"858\"   alt=\"Clyde is one of the birds calling the spire home.\"\/>Glasgow City CouncilClyde is one of the birds calling the spire home. Glasgow City Council<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers from the Central Scotland Raptor Study Group installed a specially made nest box on the spire in an effort to support the birds.<\/p>\n<p>A nest camera is now in place to closely monitor the pair.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of peregrine falcons has chosen the Glasgow City Chambers spire as their new home. The couple,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-486359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486359","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=486359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}