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- noun Plural form of
peregrine .
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Examples
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I will take issue with the article's statement that the peregrines are a recent addition to our airspace, though.
Ouch jhetley 2008
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We have to do as the eagles and osprey and peregrines are doing and go with the flow.
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Buzzards, peregrines and sparrowhawks had been poisoned and persecuted, ospreys were confined to the wilds of Scotland, and hobbies were one of our scarcest breeding birds.
Birdwatch: Kestrel 2011
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If you prefer a more rural setting and fancy a pleasant walk this weekend, the veteran peregrines are back at Malham Cove too.
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However, bald eagles are now common, ospreys and peregrines even more so.
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Be warned that his may include scenes of violence; peregrines' diet includes other medium-sized birds which they swoop on in flight.
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Tests by the Scottish government also confirmed the poisoning of 13 buzzards, seven red kites, two peregrines and one white-tailed sea eagle in 2010.
Record numbers of golden eagles poisoned in Scotland in 2010 2011
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We have to do as the eagles and osprey and peregrines are doing and go with the flow.
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However, bald eagles are now common, ospreys and peregrines even more so.
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The day has been damp and close, full of ripening blackberries and hogweed seeds; edgy as stinging nettles and the caterwauling of young peregrines over the quarry.
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