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Mystic Meg: A Tale of Peregrine Falcon Rescue
By Graham Wellstead. In 1994 I was called to the Isle of Sheppey on the Kent coast to recover a female Peregrine in trouble. She had been found filthy and starving, trying to kill a chicken. I gathered her up and returned home. She was not wearing Government issued ring, therefore was not traceable, and…
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‘Moments I treasure’ by Graham Wellstead.
The absolute pinnacle of the sport of falconry is to fly a Peregrine falcon. I have, over the years, flown every species of bird flown in the UK except Eagles, and while every bird has its place, nothing compares with the Peregrine. In my early years, the bird was only available from the wild, and…
