Can you name city's new falcons?

12:26pm Thursday 15th May 2008

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ENTRIES are already flying in for the Worcester News competition to name the city's week-old falcon chicks.

The RSPB has teamed up with us to give you the chance to name the two young peregrine falcons born earlier this month.

The two best names chosen from your suggestions will be given to the chicks, which are nesting on St Andrew's Spire in Deansway, Worcester.

Peregrine falcons are the fastest animal on earth, capable of speeds of 180mph.

Hundreds of people have watched the chicks through a telescope, via a live webcam and on a CCTV camera run by Worcester City Council and the RSPB.

To enter, all you have to do is fill out the form in today's Worcester News and either hand it in to the RSPB stall beneath St Andrew's Spire, or post your entries to Claire Fry, Worcester News, Hylton Road, Worcester, WR2 5JX, marking your entry Falcon Chicks Competition.

You can also text us your entries. Start your message with FALCON, leave a space before adding your suggestions, then send your entry to 80360.

Messages cost 25p plus your normal operator text charge. Competition closes at midnight on Friday, May 23. Service provided by Newsquest Media Group.

Volunteers from the charity will be at the spire until Sunday and from next Wednesday until Friday, May 23, to collect your suggested names.

The winner/winners will receive a framed print of a peregrine falcon, an RSPB Handbook of British Birds and also appear in the Worcester News.

• Watch the falcons live via webcam here.