I received an email from Helena Horton of the Daily Telegraph yesterday afternoon asking for a quote and a chat about NE’s licensing of taking Peregrines from the wild. I, and Wild Justice, have recent experience with the Telegraph and Ms Horton (see here, here) and so back in February, after another lapse on the…
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Bird song (26) – Yellowhammer
A bright yellow farmland bird, sitting atop a hedge and singing ‘A little bit of bread and no cheeeeeeese’ makes this a winning combination and a relatively easy bird to identify by song or sight. It’s a rattle followed by that cheeeeeese note – there’s nothing quite like it in most parts of the UK…
Wild Peregrines for falconry (continued)
Yesterday’s two blog posts on the decision of Natural England to license the taking of a very small number of Peregrine chicks for captive breeding by falconers caused quite a storm (see here and here). Here are my thoughts: Many thanks to Gary Wall for writing a blog and for responding to all of the…
Guest blog – taking Peregrines from the wild for falconry by Gary Wall
Mark writes: Gary Wall is a falconer and I’m grateful that he took up my offer to write about the licence he has been issued by Natural England to take a small number of Peregrine Falcons from the wild. This blog gives more detail and background. Gary writes: Having been a falconer for 47 years…
Natural England issues licences to take Peregrines from the wild
I’m interested to see that Natural England has issued licences for falconers to take 2 Peregrine chicks from the wild in order to establish a stud book of British Peregrines. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I would like to know what are the licence conditions and from where it is envisaged that…