The current birds are called Jubilee, Harris, Merlina, Rocky, Erin, Gripp and Poppy.
The Ravenmaster requests visitors don’t feed the birds to ensure their diet is well maintained and to stop the animals getting anxious by strangers getting too close.
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StandfirstThe first chicks in thirty years have been born at the Tower of London.
Baby Ravens are set to defend the Tower of London for the first time in thirty years.
Legend says the Kingdom will fall if the Tower of London is without ravens defending the famous royal landmark.
It is said there must always be a retinue of ravens within its walls to prevent it “crumbling into dust.”
The arrival is even more patriotic because the chicks actually hatched on St. George’s Day, April 23rd.
The Ravenmaster and Yeoman Warder Chris Skaife, says one raven will either be called Geroge or Georgina.
Skaife and his team agreed it would be a good idea to try and breed ravens in the Tower.
Six ravens are meant to be in residence at the Tower to keep it safe but the landmark currently has seven.
The current birds are called Jubilee, Harris, Merlina, Rocky, Erin, Gripp and Poppy.
The Ravenmaster requests visitors don’t feed the birds to ensure their diet is well maintained and to stop the animals getting anxious by strangers getting too close.
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