Falconry and hawking

Maggie has just learned to fly when she crashes into the side of a building.

Maggie has just learned to fly when she crashes into the side of a building.

Falcons have been a source of inspiration to writers, artists, historians and naturalists alike.

Leslie Brown's account of our 15 resident, 7 vagrant and 2 migrant species of eagles, falcons, hawks and vultures in Britain presents a great mass of scientific information about our birds of prey in a manner as attractive to the general reader as to the dedicated ornithologist.