Falconry World

I hope you enjoy this short BBC video of a eagle in flight with a camera attached. Be sure to click the HQ button if you have a good internet connection for high quality it works a treat.

Jess one of my star english pointers is about to have pups. Not only that she was mated with Simon Highams dog which is as pure an Embercombe line as you can get. The famous Embercombe line was created by falconer Steve Franks who is famous for his longwings but even more so his pointers that have kept longwing falconers in game for some decades now. Jess amd Amber my other pointer work on Wemmergill moor counting grouse and this year I took Simon’s dog up with me. He was really good if not alittle over anxious but staedy as a rock on point with both of mine. The pups will be available in late July and will mean Zoe can’t come to the falconry festival due to puppy sitting duties. If anyone is intersted in a pup please let me know. Hope you enjoy the pictures of her at work.

Here are two fantastic pictures taken of a merlin in mid stoop wearing a Marshall radio Micro transmitter. The pictures really allow you to freeze the moment and examine the bird in detail whilst you can clearly see the falcon is at speed, but also how well the micro just seems to fit and un-hinder the bird in flight. How you like them

The other day I was asked a question regarding the best batteries to use in Marshall transmitters. There’s a few points to remember when buying and using battery transmitters, and I thought it might be useful to post my reply here.

When using a battery for a falconry transmitter, always take the old battery out and leave it a minute before putting in a new one. Alternatively, place a battery in the wrong way around to reset the falconry transmitter memory. This procedure causes no harm, and has to be done on all Marhsall Radio Powermax transmitters as a matter of course due to the nature that some power is still present in the transmitter after a battery has been taken out.

If you check the voltage on a RT+ battery, from many manufactures you’ll find that [Read more]

I came across a story yesterday on the World Hum travel blog about falconry being used at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the only commercial airport in the US to use falconry as a way to control wild bird population as a means to reduce bird strike on planes.

With so much in the news lately about bird strikes and aeroplanes, I wondered why this airport is seemingly the only one to use falconry as a way to prevent bird strikes. Is it due to native raptors not being able to be used for commercial purposes? Which seems crazy since it can help save lives. Or maybe it’s down to the location; Kennedy Airport is right beside Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, nearly 10,000 acres in size and home to oystercatchers, plovers, whimbrels, ibises, willets and more. All which could [Read more]