Falconry Displays

As per usual the summer seems a long time ago now although we have had so far an amazing autumn.

We had a good summer. As I said in a previous blog we are using ‘Red’ our old old harris hawk less in displays which has naturally lead to an adjustment in what I do.

‘Brian’ our new male lanner falcon has really developed well and he is such an exciting edition to our display. He has the potential to be something really special – I am getting ahead of myself! but you know what I mean -I am hopeful.

‘Pete’ our new Kestrel has done well travelling to events and sitting out on static display – vital conditioning and was trained at the end of the season and has been flying well. He has gone into an aviary this week for a couple of months to allow him a period of liberty with a generous food allowance. This will give him protection in high condition from frosts and give him a little time off to mature.

2016 will be the 30th year since I started doing falconry displays. I was lucky enough to have some amazing birds to help me along the way and this year just gone has seen a slight return to my original inception all those years ago with the fine flying of falcons. ‘Sprite’ our new peregrine has now moulted through and he now being retrained – I hoping he will be amazing – we shall see. I will post a new photo of him when I have one.

I will leave you with a picture taken of me and ‘Red’ the Harris Hawk taken a Blenheim Palace last year. He has been a wonderful bird and is nearly 26 years old.