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Mercer Falconry
United Kingdom
Registrace 27. 11. 2020
If you find animal training, falconry, or are generally just a fan of animal related content, then keep an eye out for future videos showing the training and general life with these birds!
Set in the countryside of Derbyshire, we provide a range of bird of prey experiences for all to enjoy. Our experience sessions allow people to get a hands on, up close, encounter with the birds while flying and handling them.
We also provide flying displays to a range of events such as The British Falconry and Raptor Fair. Our aim is to provide people with an educational experience that is enjoyable and shows these magnificent birds the respect they deserve.
Set in the countryside of Derbyshire, we provide a range of bird of prey experiences for all to enjoy. Our experience sessions allow people to get a hands on, up close, encounter with the birds while flying and handling them.
We also provide flying displays to a range of events such as The British Falconry and Raptor Fair. Our aim is to provide people with an educational experience that is enjoyable and shows these magnificent birds the respect they deserve.
EAGLE FALCONRY
The literal definition of falconry is the art of hunting quarry with a trained bird of prey, but its so much more than that. Ask any falconer and you quickly learn it’s a way of life, a deep connection to nature, a window into the ancient relationship between predator and prey. Falconry itself is an ancient practice, the current estimate is that the art is 4000 years old placing it in the bronze age, for context, around the same time, we had only just discovered that our own bodies contain organs like the heart, triangles where being studied for the construction of the pyramids, and the number 0 didn’t even exist. Nobody knows the exact origin of falconry, falcons where gifted to Chinese princes around 2200 BC. A stone carving depicting a falconer was discovered in Mesopotamia, now Iraq, and is dated to originate from 1700 BC. Earliest evidence of falconry crossing over to Europe comes in the form of a floor mosaic in Greece dated 500 AD.
And while falconry now encompasses a range of species including falcons, hawks, buzzards, and even some owls, on of the most ancient practices is eagle falconry. Still done today, the Mongolians have been practising eagle falconry for thousands of years. The use their landscape to gain height on horseback before slipping their eagles to catch food for the tribes, here in the UK its widely known that the best place for eagle falconry is up in Scotland where the landscape allows falconers to somewhat mimic the Mongolians. But here in central England, its called lowland falconry, and its a completely different game all together.
Lowland eagle falconry is raw, its real, there’s no cheap tricks, its just a team of guys, a couple eagles, and the natural world. A deep connection into nature. The hare are cunning, smart, they know how to survive. If you’ve ever seen videos of a golden eagle binding to and successfully dispatching a hare, what you didn’t see was the 10 previous videos of the hare using its agility and speed to outmanoeuvre the eagle and get away. We didn’t go out expecting a huge bag of trophies, just a day of excellent sport. I always think that many people not involved in falconry look at falconers as blood thirsty animal murderers, but its not the truth. In reality, we all held just as much admiration for the prey as we did the eagles, we weren’t there to slaughter the landscapes wildlife. Falconry just allows you to momentarily insert yourself into the millions of years long relationship between predator and prey. If you ever meet a falconer who just wants to boast about how many kills they have had, in my opinion, they have missed the point themselves.
So how does lowland eagle falconry work? The hooded eagle is held on the glove and the falconer stands on the highest ground, typically along some kind of ridge. The beaters, the rest of the guys, then walk along the bottom of the ridge, either from another side of roughage or hedge line. This drives the hare out of hiding and so they bolt out in the opposite direction of the beaters, towards the falconer and eagle. Once a hare has revealed itself, the signal is given, the falconer removes the eagles hood while holding the eagle in the direction of the hare or wind, providing it will be beneficial for the chase. The eagle then leaves the glove in pursuit of the hare, this is called a slip. And this doesn’t always go to plan, as you can probably tell from some of the audio, it was a very windy day and this had a huge effect on the eagles ability to lock onto the hare quick enough.
And while falconry now encompasses a range of species including falcons, hawks, buzzards, and even some owls, on of the most ancient practices is eagle falconry. Still done today, the Mongolians have been practising eagle falconry for thousands of years. The use their landscape to gain height on horseback before slipping their eagles to catch food for the tribes, here in the UK its widely known that the best place for eagle falconry is up in Scotland where the landscape allows falconers to somewhat mimic the Mongolians. But here in central England, its called lowland falconry, and its a completely different game all together.
Lowland eagle falconry is raw, its real, there’s no cheap tricks, its just a team of guys, a couple eagles, and the natural world. A deep connection into nature. The hare are cunning, smart, they know how to survive. If you’ve ever seen videos of a golden eagle binding to and successfully dispatching a hare, what you didn’t see was the 10 previous videos of the hare using its agility and speed to outmanoeuvre the eagle and get away. We didn’t go out expecting a huge bag of trophies, just a day of excellent sport. I always think that many people not involved in falconry look at falconers as blood thirsty animal murderers, but its not the truth. In reality, we all held just as much admiration for the prey as we did the eagles, we weren’t there to slaughter the landscapes wildlife. Falconry just allows you to momentarily insert yourself into the millions of years long relationship between predator and prey. If you ever meet a falconer who just wants to boast about how many kills they have had, in my opinion, they have missed the point themselves.
So how does lowland eagle falconry work? The hooded eagle is held on the glove and the falconer stands on the highest ground, typically along some kind of ridge. The beaters, the rest of the guys, then walk along the bottom of the ridge, either from another side of roughage or hedge line. This drives the hare out of hiding and so they bolt out in the opposite direction of the beaters, towards the falconer and eagle. Once a hare has revealed itself, the signal is given, the falconer removes the eagles hood while holding the eagle in the direction of the hare or wind, providing it will be beneficial for the chase. The eagle then leaves the glove in pursuit of the hare, this is called a slip. And this doesn’t always go to plan, as you can probably tell from some of the audio, it was a very windy day and this had a huge effect on the eagles ability to lock onto the hare quick enough.
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Why those ropes?
Utterly cute
I read H is for Hawk and her Goshawk went AWOL too....Falconers dedication and love of their birds is a beautiful lesson for us all :)
how much experience as a falconer does one need to start with an owl, since i guess it cant be your first bird ?
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Where did you get the test
Very well put together video. Thank you for the information.
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Tuah is the best name nowdays !
Is it true falconers deprive their birds of food? and use other cruel methods?
Gps more accurate
come back pls😢
Beginner Harris? Brother I'm American, my beginner bird of prey is a Harrier.
I just recently found out we have clubs here in RZA and I'm applying as wanted to do this as a kid. be a year apprenticeship before I can probably think about my 1st bird.. But I am keen and wanna do this! Hard work = Big rewards.
Is that a Bmw portrait at 8:00 mark? I mean the dark and light blue with red has to be M sport colors? 😁 Also great vid.
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Is your method the same for wild birds, for example a sparrowhawk?
The best falconer is the one who hunts with wild hawks
Hey big man 😊
How do you sex a eyas sparrowhawk?
I have 0ne kestrel help me what type of meat i should give.
Hi do you think turkey breast would be okay as I have access to a lot of.turkey meat through work
'Beginner bird' 😂
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You live in heaven bro
Reminds me off a movie a boy with his kestrel Kes long time ago
So at the end of the day can I pet it ? Just wanna know before I get into this
mate that owl is adorable, what species is it
Great horned owl
@@vriiite it's not a great horned owl cause it has orange eyes, great horned owls have yellow eyes, it's some species of eagle owl I think
@@naturebeast7393it’s a Eurasian eagle owl
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I'd say basic purpose of training a bird is exactly the same as working dog.
In UK it's not rain per se. It's liquid sunshine 🤣
Thanks you for your expérience and calme
Great job mate
Owls are so sassy, they are so proud of themselves and you can see it in their eyes when on camera! 😂
That's one weird looking chicken, mate 😃
That's one weird looking chicken. You should report it to the seller, mate 😃
Beautiful! What was the electronic device you attached at 7:20? Some sort of radio device for locating?
Never give up pls😢😢😢❤❤❤
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what is the difference between Buzzard, Hawk, Eagle, Kite? they are still in the same family
We should focus on the connection to real raw nature that falconry allows and brings us back to.
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I wish there were English subtitles, I have no idea what anyone said for most of this.
The ridiculous questions you tried to read are fine examples of why the grammar police are necessary on the internet.
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I’ve watched this 40 times now😊
Cuteness overload❤❤❤
What a guy