Here in the Yorkshire office we are a bit less social media savvy than our head office counterparts. While they have all been busy ‘Tweeting’ we’ve been busy ‘twitching’. Yes, bird watching…
The reason for this is that we have had some new tenants join us at Lister Mills and we’ve been busy keeping an eye on them. Our 255 ft Italianate chimney is now home to a pair of peregrine falcons.
The birds usually live on rocky sea cliffs, uplands and marshes, and were only really known to move away from these in the autumn, but are increasingly found to be choosing city living instead (same mission statement as Urban Splash it seems!). They seem to have great architectural taste as well, other pairs have been spotted at Derby Cathedral, the Tate Modern and our very own Fort Dunlop! We certainly can’t argue with their choices, they’ve not only picked one of Bradford’s landmark buildings but a penthouse with the best view in the city!
Peregrines are birds of prey and their diet consists of mainly of medium sized birds. We suspect that the pigeon population here at Lister Mills might start to dwindle in coming weeks!
Anyway enough of this blogging business I’m off back to my binoculars…
i live just a little bit down the road from Lister Mills, and could have sworn i have heard these falcons early in the morning!
also: i love the idea of living in lister mills, but my mister isn’t keen