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Leicester peregrine dies after flying into shopping centre window

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The peregrine chick had recently fledged from its nest at Leicester Cathedral

A young peregrine has been found dead after apparently flying into a glass window of a city shopping centre.

A tweet shared by Leicester Cathedral said the body of a juvenile female was found beneath a glass walkway at the Highcross on Saturday.

The bird - known as PBF - had recently fledged from its nesting platform at the cathedral.

The Leicester Peregrine Project has monitored the habits and activities of the birds of prey since 2014.

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Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust has confirmed the bird was the same one that was rescued when it became grounded in Jubilee Square, near the cathedral, in June.

It comes after a "heartbreaking" three years for Leicester's peregrines - in 2022 three peregrines died from suspected avian flu, and chicks failed to hatch in 2020 and 2021.

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