this bird flys with rapid wing beats,no gliding,looks so damn fast!had some great sport yesterday on open land ,along the boundary hedgerows,flew a bib big hare,on the third 'attack' he realized just how much of a kicking he would get,so veered off!then flew a rabbit,bunny went under sheep netting,and as the gos hit the netting,the bunny stopped,turned 'round,and flicked the bird to the bird-hate it when they do that!luckily the bird was uninjured.next flight was a big rabbit that jinked 3 times,3rd time he 'd made cover!good sport.
today we went back to the 'cowfields'bolted 3 rabbits,first 2 jinked and dodged,and made sanctuary(unusual here,the bird normally wins)3rd rabbit tried to run in an arc to another warren,but the bird cut it off,and the rabbit turned downhill for the hedgerow,very very fast flights,this one ended in success for the bird!blistering flights here,the ferrets always provide sport on this land,bless 'em.
we fed the gos up,walked back to the truck,and swapped over with the harris,although too high,he flew the first bunny well,uphill,got one foot on it but bounced off,he then wasnt giving it his all to the next ones,so called it a day.it was freezing today,snow on the ground first thing,so it was good to get home!-dave