Sutton’s resident pair of peregrine falcons may be joined by half-a-dozen chicks after six eggs were laid on the top of the Sutton Guardian offices.

The peregrines, affectionately named Perry and Gwen, made their nest at the top of Quadrant House opposite Sutton train station and a live stream was set up to follow the birds on Tuesday, March 7.

Since then Gwen has produced the eggs with the latest being laid on Thursday, March 30.

Her previous record was five in 2012.

Female peregrines normally lay a clutch of three or four eggs in late March or April, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

The chicks hatch over a period of a couple of days and are mainly fed by their mother while their father hunts to supply the food. Both birds share the incubation.

Stuart Harrington from the London Peregrine Partnership said: “Six eggs is exceptional. The female normally does the majority of the incubation but the male will also have to take his turn to relieve her.

“The male tiercel is a third smaller than the female falcon so he will have great difficulty covering such a large clutch. We can't be sure all six will hatch, but we will have to wait and see. I would expect them to start hatching at the end of April. A lot of people will be interested to see whether all of them hatch.

“We'd like to thank the staff at Quadrant House for their assistance in helping to protect the birds.”

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