a rather large eagle

[Lanner_Man]

hi folk,
went down to my local falconry centre, to see some of their new additions, one of which was a female martial eagle, the only one in the country and probably one of the largest flying birds in the country. it flys at nearly 12lbs i think, would this be britains largest flying bird?

[Sprout]

If you mean Wales it might be the only one but not in UK, there are quite a few centres with them now. They certainly are most impressive though

[OhMyGod]

I used to use one in S.A.

It weighed 7Kg

[Jester]

i believe the official largest flying bird is a swan

[Bubo]

smarty pants :wink:

[Anton Deja]

Hi ,

Male martial ( picture ) on my website.
I have been flying one female in Kenia at 6.3 kg .

If you want one call Anton !!!!! :wink:

[Tim Laycock]

There was a chap flying one(Martial) at a BFC meet last year, dunnow how mush it weighed or what sex it was(didnt see it myself)

[Tim Laycock]

I have a book at home called "Garden of Eagles".
The author (David Fox) had a female golden eagle(Berkut) that was flying at over 17 lbs :!:

The eagle was eventualy swapped to Phillip Glasier for- (are you ready for this!)

£40 and a tiercel finnish goshawk :!:

How times change :!:

[GoneHawking]

There was a chap flying one(Martial) at a BFC meet last year, dunnow how mush it weighed or what sex it was(didnt see it myself)
That sounds like Andrew Knowles brown, I have just found out he used to live just round the corner from me in Bucks, before he moved north, small world....

[Falconry Equipment International]

There was a chap flying one(Martial) at a BFC meet last year, dunnow how mush it weighed or what sex it was(didnt see it myself)
That sounds like Andrew Knowles brown, I have just found out he used to live just round the corner from me in Bucks, before he moved north, small world....
My gawd so did I! Pm me where you live ( Grew up on the outskirts of Berko, was a saddler in ch'm, lived for a while in st lds!!
:wink:

[The Late Lord Lucan]

i believe the official largest flying bird is a swan

It's actually the Great Bustard.

It used to be a native bird of this country, but they were hunted to extinction here. I believe thay have recently re-introduced them onto Salisbury Plain.
It also happens to be the largest flying bird in the world, up to about 20kg, I think.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2004/040909a.htm

Regards,
LLL.

[Lanner_Man]

hi folks
when i said flying bird i meant britains largest flying BoP.

[MickeyDredd]

I think it was a Crowned that Andrew Knowles-Brown was flying last season rather than a Martial

[Goldie]

I think it was a Crowned that Andrew Knowles-Brown was flying last season rather than a Martial

you are quite correct Mickey :wink:

[Tim Laycock]

I think it was a Crowned

African crowned hawk eagle :?:

[OhMyGod]

African crowned eagle females fly at about 4 1/2 kilos. When I was at a centre in SA a young one was brought to us that had been found in a nest in a tree that was chopped. It was not fully grown and had to be helped with food by humand, (us). I had this bird flying at 4.5 kilos and could litarally fly straight up! I would stand on the first floor balcony and get it doing jump ups to the fist of a height of about 4 or 5 metres!! Basically it's a 4 or 5 kilo goshawk.

It's also the strongest eagle in SA, living on monkeys etc, it lives and flys in the tree canopy.

Martiall females are 6 or 7 kilos and are ******g monsterous beasts!!!

[OhMyGod]

britains largest bop is the white tailed sea eagles.

[Hawkmaster]

The eagle was eventualy swapped to Phillip Glasier for- (are you ready for this!)

£40 and a tiercel finnish goshawk
Bargain I would do the same in my eye the eagle is useless.

[Tim Laycock]

Bargain I would do the same in my eye the eagle is useless.

I firmly agree HM but youve got to admit the price is a bit of a joke!!!

[Hawkmaster]

True!