Four eggs have now been laid in the clutch at the spire of Norwich Cathedral as the 2017 breeding season for the city peregrines continues apace.

Following drama among the resident birds last year, the male has now chosen as a new mate the female who had chased away the mother of last year's brood.

One of the females from the sister Hawk and Owl Trust project in Bath, the new female had also harried the four fledgling peregrines to the extent all of them died.

Ordinarily, out of a clutch of around four eggs every year, the Hawk and Owl Trust expect an average of 50pc of the chicks to fledge successfully.

Over the last week, four eggs have hatched at the nesting box on the cathedral spire, and as summer approaches the Hawk and Owl Trust are preparing once more to set up their annual watch point.

For more information and to watch the live webcam from the nesting box visit hawkandowl.org.