16 Jan 2026
More than ten months since the destruction of three Peregrine falcon eggs at St Albans Cathedral the matter is still unresolved.
The incident, which occurred on April 7, reportedly saw a man walking over the eggs on the livestream camera set up to watch their progress.
Herts police said at the time that they were working with partners at St Albans Cathedral and the National Wildlife Crime Unit to look into the incident.
A statement added: “We are also in contact with Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Officers from the Rural Operational Support Team are speaking with a man to assist with their enquiries.”
In July police confirmed that their investigations were finished, and the matter had been passed over to the Crown Prosecution Service.
But this week the St Albans Times was told that the case was still with the CPS waiting on a decision whether to take any further action.
The pair of Peregrine falcons at St Albans Cathedral have captured the public’s interest since their first chick hatched in 2022, and the public have been able to watch their every move on the nesting tray high up on the Cathedral during their breeding season, courtesy of a live webcam feed set up in 2023.
Last year the webcam attracted over half a million views, and there was a huge outpouring of public upset when the eggs were destroyed.
But this turned to joy when a second clutch of three eggs was subsequently laid in May and hatched later in the summer.
