On the First Day of Flight

Juvenile peregrine flight practice, Downtown Pittsburgh, 2020-06-28 (photo by Lori Maggio) 12 June 2026 What’s it like to fly — and land — for the first time? While our young peregrines are fledging, so are those at the University of Leeds, UK where @LeedsBirder records their activities with his scope and iPhone. On 9 June he captured slow motion of a young peregrine (banded ZBJ) flying and landing in the wind on his first day of flight. Learning to fly is difficult in gusty winds! Not bad for his first day out in the big wide world. @UoLperegrine ZBJ filmed in slow motion at the University of Leeds today. @BBCPaulMurphy @BBCSpringwatch @BBCLookNorth https://t.co/9rzIlFG2Tg pic.twitter.com/8rIRoNCjqm— Leeds Birder (@leedsbirder) June 9, 2026 — @leedsbirder video description on X (twitter) video embedded from @LeedsBirder on Vimeo See more of his videos, including the Leeds and Bradford peregrines at BlueSky, X or Vimeo.