A peregrine nesting at the top of Cromer's parish church has laid a third and final egg of the season following a marathon session.

A YouTube live stream of the breeding couple has attracted more than 27,000 viewers since the start of March.

The female, called Poppy, after Poppyland - a nickname for the area - laid the third egg on Sunday (March 2).

All three eggs are expected to hatch in May this year.

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Chris Skipper, one of four committee members at the Cromer Peregrine Project, said: “We assume that will be it for the season.

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“They usually have three eggs. They will now start incubation, looking at hatching in about 35 days.”

The first egg was laid on March 25, with there usually being around 60 hours – two-and-a-half days - between each egg.

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However, the second egg was not laid until March 30 – 123 hours after the first.

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Mr Skipper said the disrupted cycle could have been because of adverse weather, with “wind and rain blowing into the nest”.

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