Mersey Basin Campaign Blog

The Relayer returns - Sammy meets the Mayor of Liverpool at the Pier Head

He's nearly made it! Sammy heads ashore in motor-powered style...

A flotilla carries Sammy towards the Pier Head and home...

the end of my epic journey!

what fun! a week on the river - ending with a fantastic welcome in liverpool...

Shhh! The others are asleep....

Pictures by Adrian Dancy

What have I told you about skateboarding outside Urbis?

Pictures by Adrian Dancy

Fantastic feathered foursome...

A little while ago we blogged about the peregrine falcons whose day-to-day life is being broadcast to the inhabitants of Manchester via the BBC Big Screen in Exchange Square. Well, since we last wrote about the birds, four new chicks have hatched, and have been named by viewers of BBC North West Tonight.

John, Paul, George and Ringo? Not in this city. The chosen names were: Sora (Japanese for 'sky'), Perry, Phoenix (to mark the rebuilding of Manchester after the bombing, and Eggwin (as in Eggwin van der Saar). Eggwin is the youngest chick, and was still inside his egg when the competition began.

The chicks should take to the skies above the city in the next couple of weeks - and keep watching the screens to see how Mr and Mrs Falcon are coping with new parenthood......

Look out for an interview with one of the project's information officers in the forthcoming edition of MBC's SourceNW magazine.

Listen to our Fiddlers Ferry saillors preparing for their voyage...

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Safely back on dry land at Liverpool Sailing Club.

My crew, Cap'n Jack eat your heart out!