The Ruchill pair have successfully raised 4 chicks which have now fledged, but can still be seen regularly around the Ruchill water tower where they built their nest. They will continue to stay together as a family group as they learn to feed for themselves. The pair may be the ones which used to nest on the Gilbert Scott Tower before the peregrines took over the nest. Although Ravens are not technically raptors, the Scottish Raptor Study Group include them due to their ecological similarity and Raven nests across Clyde are monitored by the Group.
Ravens are early nesters – they started incubating eggs on February 25th with the first eggs hatching 24 days later. The first chick left the nest exactly 5 weeks after that, initially just staying on the ledge that the nest was built on. A few days later all chicks had fledged, but are currently still being fed by the adults.
If you’d like to read more about the whole process from nest building, to incubation, to chick feeding and fledging, please see this blog written by Anna Wood annakwood.substack.com/p/ravens Scottish Birds 39:4 p336-338  Michael receiving his award © Isobel Sinclair In Building public engagement in Linn Park Reserve, Glasgow, Mike Sinclair (aged 13 at the time) describes how this inspiring project began with the "100 Nestbox Challenge" in 2017 and now involes so many people in building & putting up boxes, sponsorship, monitoring, etc
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