The birds adapt well to city life

The cameras have been installed at the nesting site on a tower block in Tower Hamlets, south-east London.

Wildlife campaigner Dusty Gedge said the cameras would be used to ensure there was no foul play as well as give people a chance to watch the birds.

There are also plans for the images to be beamed onto giant public screens.

Pictures will be streamed back to a data centre in Docklands and if anyone is spotted near the nest, the Metropolitan Police will be alerted.

We're not too sure but we suspect their may have been some foul play, the birds may have been disturbed or some of the eggs taken Dusty Gedge, naturalist

The falcons are thought to have been nesting at the site for the past five years but the exact location was only discovered last year.

Mr Gedge, of the London Biodiversity Partnership, explained that it was important for them to do all they could to ensure the birds flourished.

"We're not too sure but we suspect there may have been some foul play, the birds may have been disturbed or some of the eggs taken," he said.

The London Biodiversity Partnership brought in tree surgeons to install the cameras at the elevated site.

It is hoped the cameras will also give people in London a chance to watch the birds as they raise a family.

Last year, cameras were trained on a family of peregrine falcons, including three chicks, on a tower block in Marylebone, central London.

Peregrine falcons are usually seen in coastal regions with high sea cliffs and wild, upland crags but the birds are adapting to city life.