The Falconry School for Falconry Experience Days, Falconry Courses and Displays
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 The Falconry School is a small and intimate establishment dedicated to showing best practises in how to care for, handle and fly birds of prey, for the purposes of falconry.
However, The Falconry School is not a falconry/bird of prey centre which is open to casual visitors. Often such centres provide courses or Experiences as an add-on to their usual activities.
Falconry may be defined as the use of trained raptors for hunting, but it is quite possible to keep and fly birds of prey without hunting with them. The important word is "fly", and everything that falconry is about is the flight, and all our careful management, handling and training leads to this ultimate purpose.
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 The two- and three-day course is specifically for anyone who feels that they may want to go on to own and fly their own raptor.
We find that certain individuals want to find out in advance whether they have sufficient commitment, and whether they want to go on and have further tuition. This course will give you the best preparation for how to embark in the art of falconry.
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 This is an Award developed by Lantra, the Hawk Board, and professional falconers, which gives beginners or more experienced falconers a real qualification in their chosen pastime or profession.
The Award is both for non-professional falconers, and for anyone wishing to make a career or volunteering to work with raptors, such as in centres, zoos and for bird control operatives. It is often a mandatory requirement for candidates for such positions.
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The most popular, this is the one-day or half-day introduction to falconry. They are very informal, and designed to give a fun day for those who just want that, while still being educational.
Groups are usually small, often 4-5 participants, with a few spectators. Spectators are welcome – you will need someone to take photos!
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 Most people have seen bird-of-prey demonstration, but ours are somewhat different. Firstly, as the name implies, we use a team mostly comprising experienced falcons. These are the most exciting of all the raptor families and the most dashing of the falcons is the peregrine, which is rarely seen in public displays.This is officially the world's fastest living creature, which can attain speeds of well over 200 mph in a "stoop" or dive.
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