Falcon chick living on university spire dies

A PEREGRINE falcon chick which lived on the roof of a Scots university has been put to sleep after suspected bird flu.

- By Ryan Thom

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

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media. A series of cameras around the university campus captured the action.