Posted by Tracy from the Peregrine Project.

Polo fledged last night just before we lost the light to the cameras. He ended up on the Viscount Gort which is where we found him this morning. He was on the lowest roof and Dennis and I were discussing what would be his best (aka safest) routes off the roof and he chose one that was not the safest. He was okay until he tried to land on a decorative standard (like a light standard) and couldn't get a grip and fluttered down to the ground. Had he landed on the median and stayed there for a minute or two we probably would have been able to get to him in time to prevent him from running afoul of the traffic. Unfortunately, he didn't. He fluttered down and into traffic and was clipped by a car that didn't have time to react it was that fast. He died on impact. Dennis and I got to him a minute or two later but it was too late.