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    FREE FALLIN’ HUNTING PEREGRINES

    Jun 01, 2023 4 minutes

    The broadcaster, naturalist and tour guide shares the most breathtaking seasonal events in Britain

    FEW, IF ANY, BIRDS ARE CAPABLE OF commanding a fraction of the respect and awe bestowed upon Britain’s largest falcon. Recovering from a low in the 1960s, when only 385 pairs were recorded, the recent upturn in the peregrine’s fortunes to reach about 1,750 pairs is one glimmer of hope amongst a veritable tsunami of species declines recorded elsewhere.

    Justifiably deserving its title of ‘fastest bird on Earth’, the peregrine falcon is also the world’s most cosmopolitan bird of prey. Comprising at least 17 different recorded subspecies, peregrines can be found

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