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Having been a Falconer for nearly ten years at the time, Westweald Falconry originated as the Westweald Falconry School in 1990 and offered tuition and hawking activities to newcomers and interested parties in our sport. Following some years of teaching, hawking days, the original Hawk Experience, country shows and various other falconry related activities it became apparent that time was getting a little thin on the ground. My young daughters were growing up and I was rarely to be found anywhere nearby.
When I was first requested to make and supply equipment to a handful of Falconry friends, it appeared that this may be a market to explore, and to this end I invested what seemed at the time to be a "huge" £350.00 on leather and other goods.
With time at a premium, the first to get the chop was the school activities, followed closely by the country shows, thus allowing me more time to concentrate on my new venture. Hawking days were next on the hit list when over-exposure was kicking in and making my personal flying time a chore. In the years that followed, the equipment stock expanded rapidly and more money was ploughed into tools and materials. As the business became recognised, equipment manufacturers regularly approached me in an attempt to sell me their goods, thus leaving me in a position of bargaining and greater choice. Being in this position of greater choice allowed me the luxury to pick and choose only the very best of equipment, whilst at the same time continually receiving input from my customers as to what they required. The result is Westweald Falconry in its present form. Happily the time constraints placed on me by the new business have not unduly eaten into my own flying time and I am therefore able to fly my own birds throughout each season. Hawking for rabbits and pheasants takes up the majority of my hunting time, although squirrels, moorhens, ducks, the occasional hare and ‘others’ fill the gaps, not to mention the freezer. I wish you all a happy and rewarding season and trust that you will enjoy perusing my website. Westweald Falconry - Branches in Cornwall, Paris, Dubai and New York. (ok, so I lied about Paris, Dubai and New York!) Special thanks to Jamie Jackson from Osiris Web, for the expertise and patience shown in the construction of my new website. Jamie, you’re a star and continue to be so. And finally.... I am not a paid up member of the PC brigade and will never be offered a free life membership, so if you don't like my straight talking ............just look at the pictures! Keep Falconry safe! Regards,
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