Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
Falcon chick living on university spire dies
Scottish Daily Express
|June 13, 2025
A PEREGRINE falcon chick which lived on the roof of a Scots university has been put to sleep after suspected bird flu.
Jack, named after Still Game character Jack Jarvis, was one of two chicks born in April on the gothic spire of the Gilbert Scott Building at the University of Glasgow.
Jack hatched alongside brother Victor in the spring to parents Bonnie and Clyde. The raptors were being closely monitored by the Glasgow Peregrine Project.
The duo — inspired by the Craiglang favourites - captured the attention of birdwatchers and the public with regular updates being shared on social
Concerns
media. A series of cameras around the university campus captured the action.
This story is from the June 13, 2025 edition of Scottish Daily Express.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Scottish Daily Express
Scottish Daily Express
Flagship news show taken off airwaves after 52 years
GOOD Morning Scotland has been axed after 52 years on the airwaves in a major BBC shakeup.
2 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
It's time for a dust-up
IT’S about now — two months before Christmas — that most of us start wondering how we’re going to transform our homes into the sparkling palaces required for festive parties, gatherings and get-togethers.
1 min
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
'Until Kemi repudiates the modernisers' agenda I don't think the Tory party has got much future'
THE Conservative Party may be heading for oblivion under the leadership of Kemi Badenoch, according to former Prime Minister Liz Truss.
3 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
Stinking rich will not pay your tax, Reeves
OK, SO I may not be burdened with a maths O-level — though I bet my 1977 D grade would be the equivalent of an A* today — but even I can do the basic calculations on this one. Rachel Reeves' “squeeze the rich till they suffocate” budget plan is an out and out stinker and doomed not only to ignominious failure but to subjecting people who’ve worked like the blazes to make ends meet all their lives to hellish worry and punitive suffering.
1 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
Worst Aussie side since 2010? We'll see
CAREY HITS BACK AT BROAD'S ASHES JIBE
2 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
After having cancer, every minute is a gift
As Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan reflects on four decades in broadcasting, she talks pushing boundaries, learning to let go and the secret to a successful relationship
5 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
First breath test trial for pancreatic cancer
PATIENTS with suspected pancreatic cancer could take a breath test at their GP surgery and get the result in three days after scientists launched a £1.1million trial.
2 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
Charity chief warns social care in Scotland 'collapsing'
SOCIAL care in Scotland is collapsing under SNP rule, a leading charity has warned.
1 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
Act with foresight or affect those entering later life for generations'
SUE COOK has urged Rachel Reeves to deliver “a fair deal” Budget for OAPs, protecting the pension triple lock and ruling out a tax raid on the most vulnerable.
3 mins
October 29, 2025
Scottish Daily Express
LABOUR'S ARMY BARRACKS MIGRANT PLAN BRANDED 'GIMMICK'
Fury over proposal to house asylum seekers at Highland military base
2 mins
October 29, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size