Falconry World

Well its time for the summer brood grouse counts, so yesterday morning at 5am i made my way to Wemmergill moor in the north of England. The weather was poor, but the counts were good. Another year of high brood counts with a ratio of 3.5 young to adults, which is great. I’ve been so busy with Marshall telemetry (which is going great) but also dealing with silly things on the falconry forums it was a great feeling to get on the moor and remember what all this is about. The English pointers worked well in the rain and so did the new canon 40D digital camera. It was also the first time I’d really tested out the Marshall tracking collar on the dogs. It’s so easy to loose the dogs here if they go on point out of sight, or in the mist. The marshall collar even gives out a double bleep if the dog is pointing as opposed to running. Great bit of kit that should pay for itself over and over this year. I’m sitting here at present feeding my jack Merlin on fist after sorting out the many parcels leaving this office. It won’t be long until he’ll get the chance at larks and hopefully give a ringing flight. Well that’s all for now, I hope you like the pic…….