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Two Peregrine Chicks Hatch at Sagrada Família, Third Egg Still Incubating

The hatching shows the city’s falcon recovery is taking hold.

Overview

  • Two chicks have emerged in the basilica’s nest with a third expected soon, and a live webcam lets people watch the brood.
  • The breeding pair uses a nest on the Torre de San Bartolomé about 80 meters up, where they have returned for roughly two decades.
  • The site is part of a reintroduction effort launched in 1999 by Barcelona City Council with the conservation group Galanthus Natura.
  • A 2025 agreement between the municipal parks institute and the Sagrada Família foundation supports the city’s eight breeding pairs and added the nest camera under Plan Natura 2030.
  • Barcelona has logged more than 250 chicks to date, including 56 at the basilica, and peregrines here feed mainly on pigeons.