Feathers and Fur

Feathers and Fur is poud to present the newest member of our team Acer a Peregrine Falcon. Acer is male and is 6 years old. He was purchased from a breeder in Lancashire on Sunday.

Oddly enough he was actually once owned by none other than our very own James Bradbury but was bought with absolutely no idea of this. I found an advert on a reputable bird sales website stating a young male Peregrine once used for display work. I thought this sounded perfect for Feathers and Fur to add to our collection of British Birds of Prey and called the gentleman. He told me that Acer had been in a breeding aviary with a young female for the past 18month after he purchased him from a young chap that had moved job and didn’t have time to fly him. I thought Acer sounded great so James and I set out on a massive journey to Lancashire on Sunday. As we pulled up to the gentleman’s home James said that he recognised the man and suddenly had a idea that he may know the falcon in question! Low and behold the bird is one James had bought from a pest control company in London and had flown him for 2 year before starting a new job at a zoo and could not take his bird to work with him (zoos are very strict on movement of animals for obvious reasons) so had sold him to a breeder. Wow what a small world. Well I instantly fell in love with Acer, nickname Ace (it reminds me of something from Top Gun!) and can not wait for him to be flying free and showing off!

Why not come and visit Ace at Ladd’s Garden Village