Woking peregrine falcons lay first eggs of 2025
The pair have been living in the Export House office building for the last five years
Woking’s Peregrine Falcon pair have laid their first eggs of 2025.
The couple’s nest is in the Export House office building, where they’ve lived for the past five years.
Despite being the fastest predators on the planet, their numbers have been threatened by urbanisation.
But in recent years, many peregrines have started to make their homes in towns and cities.
The Woking Peregrine Project have been monitoring the species for a number of years:
"Peregrines have been regularly recorded in Woking since 2001, often to be seen on the top of Export House, the tallest building in the town centre.
"There were breeding attempts in 2005 and 2006, which unfortunately failed due to flooding of the eggs laid on an exposed roof recess.
"Regular sightings over the past two years of a new pair of peregrines at Export House has resulted in increased interest.
"A nest box was installed in January 2016, with an internal web cam to record developments, and the Peregrines were seen entering the box about a month later."
The birds are fitted with rings on their legs to track them and they can lay a clutch of between two and four eggs.