What is Sport Falconry?
Sport falconry is the flying of birds of prey to catch and kill a variety of legitimate quarry species. Although it is often assumed that it involves flying falcons (eg peregrines) to catch birds, from song birds to red grouse and corvids, in practice the majority of falconers fly larger birds of prey, such as harris hawks and goshawk, to catch rabbits and other small mammals. Click here for information on organising falconry displays. Where is Sport Falconry permitted? 1. Sport Falconry is only appropriate if there is no conflict with other Trust interests or objectives for the site. Sport Falconry may not be compatible with some other land uses which the Trust wishes to promote in an area, such as the undisturbed public access, conservation of wildlife or game shooting. In the case of nature conservation Sport Falconry might be particularly inappropriate on a nature reserve, where there are large aggregations of feeding birds which are not quarry species (eg waders or wildfowl in win
