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Into September and the Start of Flight Training

Things have started to become easier with him sitting on the glove ok, but still bating as I went into the aviary to collect him. Odin is now getting used to going on the scales to be weighed, so days … Continue reading

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Second Week and more: What did I do wrong?

Well been a bit of delay since the forst week in adding post things have been busy this end with lessons learnt. Weekend away trip to club meeting and of course training Odin. The second week started well with Odin … Continue reading

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Message from Gordon Mellor

I have been accepted as an External Reviewer for the IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) assessment of invasive alien species. It is an influential pan-European body and I imagine is essentially anti, however I thought it better … Continue reading

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Scotland – the Blue or Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus)

As you will be aware over the summer a vote was taken in the Scottish Assembly that will lead to legislation that will ban the hunting of the Blue or Mountain Hare in Scotland. This came about through a late … Continue reading

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The First Week of Nerves.

Monday: the first day, went out tocheck Odin was already after his first night in his new home and found him sitting quietly on the bow perch taking a look around. Tim, our ginger cat, had notcied something was now … Continue reading

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Collecting the bird!!

As the club committe had decide that we could have a meeting at Junes in the marquee it seemed a good opportunity for me to collect the young harris hawk from Ernie. Well that put the pressure on to make … Continue reading

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The Aviary Part II – the build

If you remember from the previous avairy post I had had a base laid ready for the avairy to go on. The avairy was booked to be delivered on the 1st August, by 2:00pm it hadn’t arrived so I call … Continue reading

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Bits and Bobs – The World of Leather and Feathures!

So while I await the avairy to be delivered and erected, and spare time at work today, I thought it was time to sort the incidentals out. First find my box to see what I have, not a lot as … Continue reading

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The Aviary

Ask a falconer about an aviary and get a different answer every time!! Well the first thoughts was I can build this myself that lasted about a week as I looked at the space and what needed to be done … Continue reading

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Where it all started!

It started with a phone some time around the 13th June 2020. We were out walking the Lincolnshire coast on a rare day out during lock down, remeber that Corvid-19 lockdown no one allowed out to keep the virus at … Continue reading

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