I loved this film. I was reared this way, my father had hawks and falcons of all types, almost all were caught or taken as chicks, even after the law changed he had a couple of wild caught Goshawks. Myself to have kept Kestrels, Buzzards, Sparrow hawks, and a Peregrine Falcon. We use to call it "manning! them down, getting them use to noise and folk and the like. I also use to keep all the British finches and breed them, Goldfinches and Linnets etc. I've seen a lot of change in the U.K. where wildlife is concerned over my lifetime, very little of it for the good. Most laws and rules are made by people who never even spent a day in the country. When I was a boy nearly all lads had a pet hawk, or a fox, crow or magpie. I wonder how many lads have such a rich childhood today growing up in this joke of a free country, most don't even know what flies in the sky above their own heads, too busy looking at those crappy phones to notice.
I lived 12 yrs in that wonderful generation and half self reliant growing food, hunting and fishing before it started disappearing ! It was certainly still under tyrants whom theived the land by purchasing ( land is NOT for Sale, it's God's REALM given to the people and wealthy tyrants will not see eternal life ), hiring repressors such as game keepers , gillies who had you imprisoned or fined ( All murderers in Lord Gods eyes ) for excercising there God given rights. POACHER they branded the people of the land but we know who the real poachers are , and is it not true a narcissistic Socialpath lusts on power and control, always points the finger what the accuser is himself. Lord Saith: TO THE WEALTHY, IT WILL BE EASIER FOR CAMMEL TO SLIP THROUGH A PIN HOLE, BEFORE YOU WILL SEE MY FATHERS KINGDOM. BE DAMMED THE WHOLE ROTTEN FRUITS THEY ARE TO HELL 🔥
@@OldSkoolWax Strange that, if I agree to pay someone some money that I don't believe they deserve, I get a license to keep all the wildlife I want. You see, just like everything else in this world, money talks. So your reasons why its not allowed come down to money.
I use to have I male sparrowhawk that come in my garden most days I put I perch under a tree & he would sit on it for hours inbetween he would catch a bird on one of my bird feeders & go & sit back on his perch this went on for nearly 10 years , I learned I lot watching him what a beautiful bird .
I have been obsessed with sparrowhawks since my childhood, and there's a good chance it was the chosen falconry bird of my ancestors, on both sides of my family. I hope it'll be years before I have a sparrowhawk of my own, but until then I'll watch this video. I feel like there's so much anyone who wants to practice falconry can learn from it, thank you for sharing it for free.
Not saying no, but probably not, Sparrowhawks are notoriously difficult to train, they're too free spirited. Was usually Gyrfalcons, peregrines etc. Wasn't unheard of to train sparrowhawks but the others were much more reliable to train.
I love falconry and have been involved in it for a long time. Lahore is my ancestral town, I'm an American national. I love rich British hawking / falconry tradition. Like your documentary. Weldon.
I really loved watching this film. Took me back to when i trained my sparrowhawk. Managed to get her to a stage where she was flying free and coming to the fist but was a long process over 3 weeks to trust to let her fly without a creance. These are my favourite birds of prey and i never get tired of watching documentaries/you tube videos about them thanks very much sharing.
very special bit of history there. thanks for sharing it. I have flown a female many many years ago and very much appreciate the hard work you did filming that.
What an absolute gem of a video. A veritable mine of information presented in a no nonsense practical manner by someone who obviously knows his subject and can present it in a relaxed manner. Brilliant.
A brilliant film on how to train a sparrow hawk. I learnt so much about the process,and this wonderful bird of prey. Occasionally i have seen a sparrow hawk swooping in on prey,once successfully on a pigeon in my garden. I will view them with greater knowledge and respect the next time i see one. Many thanks.
Wonderful film thank you. You've reminded me of my adventures with sparrowhawks years ago now. Thank goodness I had an experienced mentor guiding me...
Im so glad this poped up on my feed. I have been wanting to train a captive bred but not got around to it. It was lovely to see how things were and can be done, I too make my own bells. This film is a gem, thank you for sharing it. Good luck and stay safe and well.
Living on your farm must be nearly paradise 😊 certainly paradise for those who love the outdoors and nature. Some lucky kids have a very knowledgeable and gifted grandad who can teach them so much. Please please share more videos like this they are thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated ❤ Yes the Turks also love falconry and our Pakistani brothers are also heavily involved in it❤
If you wish to waste your life running dogs and flying hawks, the first thing you need to do is forget about family life and learn how to live without money! Apart from that, it can be a lot of fun!
A female spar nailed a blackbird right outside my kitchen window last year. She was huge, but most notable was her condition, every feather looked as though it'd been lacquered and polished. Superb sight.
A delightful short movie. I wish it was 3 hours instead of 36 minutes... I'm amazed by the quality of image & sound. Hats off to you Sir! That's a brilliant take into the training of this little species. Thank you for taking the time to share.
The old 3/4" BVU tape format was "broadcast" in its day. I transferred that to DVCAM, then into my Canon XA11. BVU tape cassettes were 20 minutes, now it is 2.5 hours in a tiny card the size of a postage stamp! But before that I used 16mm film with 100 foot tape holding 2.5 minutes in real time!
Amazing.. I actually think id love this as a hobby... Yo obviously need great care and patience for this, but it looks very theraputic and rewarding to be able to get that close to a magnificent aerial predator..
What a wonderful little film, I really enjoyed watching this. They seem to make better films years ago, and without today's modern technology! I highly recommend this short video.
That was perfect! An old school lover of nature working with a wild caught Sparrowhawk. Reminds me of Jack Hargreaves series about nature in the "Old ways" I trained a female Sparrowhawk 45 years ago and it was difficult as they are so highly strung and of such nervous disposition. I loved your film...the old ways now sadly gone.
Grait video , I have loads of respect for this generation of falconer. I watched this with my spar on my fist awaiting her to rouse. Amazing how times have changed but the Practice remains pretty much exactly the same.. 5stars from me
Derry argue very clever man with English setters and wildlife read about him in a book hunters all..he also hand reared weasel.very patient clever man.great watch
i train and fly goshawks and sparrowhawks myself, mostly sparrow hawks as there small and more suitable for the prey and land im near. once you have the full trust of a sparrowhawk they are like nothing else .. they have a heart of a lion .... great video .. thanks for sharing
Always a joy seeing a Master Falconer in action, thank you!👌 That would be an impossible adventure in this country (Denmark🇩🇰), here we're only allowed to keep exotic, captive-bred birds of prey.
What an absolute gem of a video. I have subscribed and will enjoy watching the others. I wasnt perturbed at all by the camera work. I thought it was very good considering the challenges which were not insignificant.
I've never trained a haggard spar, but Ive had great success with eyasses, one of which I succesfully flew for 6 successive seasons, during which I lost it for nearly a week and succssfully retreaved it. I found that it flew better as the years passed and it regularly took full grown partridges, both Grey and Red legged. My best kill was a drake Mallard taken on a slip of 300 yards as it fed with a flock in a cornfield. She took all sorts, magpies, wood pigeons, wild quail, a full grown hen pheasant as well as lots of small stuff like larks buntings and blackbirds. Pipits generally outflew her, and she only caught one. In her 6th season I lost her in a gale. I also trained a haggard Redhead, which was a grand performer at partridges, though it was only about the same size as a spar.
@@tonybuster I love redheads. especially as they always kill their quarry quickly by biting it just behind the head, whereas spars often take a long time to kill large prey, though it all depends on where their talons go.They dont use their beaks.
I was getting into falconry and hawking having hunted rabbits with ferrets and nets all my life but my job is a demanding one and i would never like to be away from my animals for too long so in consideration to the animals and birds everything is delayed , they say the Sparrow hawk is the hardest to train and only masters of the game are capable and you made that look so straight forward I tip my hat to you sir
25 odd years ago i was asked to remove a first year bird from a larsen, this was late November. I was going to release it straight away but, it was so laid back i thought it was ill. I took it home to moniter. I hooded, put jesses on her and feed her. It took 30 minutes to get her to feed, day four she jumped to the fist!. I had her loose within a month & over the next few months took a few head of small birds. A lot i would of not caught on purpose but most were released unharmed, including 3 Little Owls. One day i feed her up & released her in a wood a mile from home. She then followed me back home!!. I didn't take her up again, she would of been fine. An exceptional hawk. I had never bred a Spar that was so chilled, even the imprints i had flown could be "Scatty" on occassions.
@@Murf-cz1iv A few weeks. The ideal country is small patches of cover with a few tall standard trees. The cover around here is really too thick, especially if you don't have telemetry (or I believe GPS these days?). It was all about sport back then!
From reading Kes in primary school, my ambition was to train birds of prey. Unfortunately health took away my dream, but it’s the one thing I really wish I could have still had achieved.
I can't remember enjoying a a you tube video as much as I enjoyed this one. Your patience and respect for this hawk is quite wonderful to experience. I am totally in awe of youre expertise. It is certainly true that the saying " you learn something new every day "is quite apt for me watching you enjoyed your work with the hawk..definitely a "school day for me" as i enjoyed this video emensely.thank you so much for this and i am about to subscribe to your chanel and am looking forward to more of your videos..
Thank you. It is not difficult to love sparrowhawks once you get to know them. They have more spirit than any other animal or bird I know. If you can put your fist through a thorn bush, they will close their wings and fly through the same hole at full speed!
In my area in Virginia USA, Appalachians, the birds of prey species has almost quadrupled in past 50 years, the conservation efforts have been successful here, i have hawks on my land now, of course they love steep mountains, with water at bottom, like the river below my house. They nest high up like eagles sometimes in certain types of pines like Alpine. I always walk around the ground looking for eggs or babies that may have fell out, and its rare, but peregrine falcon is the most abundant here, coopers hawks, red tails, golden eagles, i really see them on a consistent basis.
You do realise the natural mortality of wild raptors is around 70% in their first year and of those that survive, 50% will die in their second year? Statistically, it is probable that the training saved this bird's life.
They must be the commonest bird of prey now in summer you just need to listern to the swallow for its alarm call and in winter listern for starlings alarm call and they wont be far away.
Buongiorno Ti faccio i miei complimenti perché hai una sensibilità è una conoscenza con gli che non è da tutti, non è per niente semplice ammansire un sparviero di cattura
Beautiful vid it is said that many just often observe nature , but for some of us , nature demands we take part.Falconry the most noble field sport ever, it is also said that man appeared out of antiquity with a falcon on his fist My 50 season this Autumn.
These were the sort of pursuits taken up by people before the T.V and the antisocial social media! Amazing video 😊 the Muslim nations have a long history of falconry. Infact in our books of Islamic law there is a chapter on hunting with sub chapters for hunting with birds😊