Keighley town centre has become home to a family of nesting peregrine falcons.

The three chicks and their parents were spotted on a building by one of our readers. He prefers not to give the location to prevent them being disturbed.

He told us he has seen two of the chicks fly the nest, leaving the third still to fledge. He says it sits very contented most of the day, occasionally bathing.

"On hearing its parent, it looks to make its way to the highest point by hopping and half flying," he said.

Doug Petrie, of the Yorkshire Dales Falconry and Conservation Centre, at Austwick, says peregrines are nesting more frequently in towns and cities as their population grows.

He said: "Essentially they don't differentiate between a rock face and a high building. Their main food is pigeon - and there are a lot of those in towns - but they will also take other birds like starlings and are often seen swooping on bird tables."

People wanting to see peregrine falcons breeding and catching prey can do so at the Peregrine Falcon Watch at Malham Cove, Malham, near Skipton, run by the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Experts are available from 10am. If interested, call (01969) 652380 for details.