Longwing field meets

There are currently three longwing field meets booked for the forthcoming season. These field meets will be held on the prestigious Knowsley estate where the northwest regions has held numerous successful longwing days.

The fieldmeets are to be held on the following dates:-

Sat 2nd Oct 2010

Sat 6th Nov 2010

Sat 15th Jan 2011

More details can be obtained from the North West Region Field meet co-ordinator at the next regional monthly meeting. Bookings will only be taken with advance payment.

Bengal Eagle Owls news

Animal Health News Release

    Release date: 12 April 2010                                                                     Unrestricted

    Owners of Bengal Eagle Owls Face Stricter Regulations

    Keepers of Bengal Eagle Owls are being warned that they must now comply with stricter regulations if they want to sell, show or breed the birds commercially.

    Since 2007, Bengal Eagle Owls have been listed on Annex B of regulations implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the EU. This allowed owners to trade the animals within the EU, provided they had been acquired legally and not taken from the wild.

    Owners are now facing much stricter regulations after it was discovered that, for the last three years, the birds should have been included on Annex A of the regulations – the list of the most endangered and protected species.

    The change to the listing criteria means that owners of Bengal Eagle Owls must obtain Article 10 certificates for every bird they plan to use for commercial purposes. Failure to do so could result in prosecution.

    To help owners stay on the right side of the law, and in recognition of the unusual circumstances which have given rise to this situation, Animal Health will not be charging for Article 10 certificates relating to Bengal Eagle Owls.

    Animal Health’s John Hounslow, the Head of the UK CITES Management Authority, said his team would adopt a pragmatic and commonsense approach to issuing certificates.

    “We understand that keepers of Bengal Eagle Owls applying for Article 10 certificates may not have all the information we would normally expect to accompany an Annex A specimen,” he said.

    “We will be working with keepers to make sure that they receive the correct paperwork for their animals, and we have shown our willingness to help by waiving the charge normally associated with Article 10 certificates.

    “In return we want keepers of Bengal Eagle Owls to co-operate with us, and to supply all the information they have regarding the source of the birds they are applying for.”

    For more information about CITES and how to apply for Article 10 certification please visit the Animal Health website at:

    www.defra.gov.uk/animalhealth/FAQ/cites.htm

Ends

    Note to editors:

1. Animal Health is an executive agency of Defra. It works throughout Great Britain on behalf of Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government, the Scottish Government and the Food Standards Agency. We primarily seek to minimise the risk and impact of notifiable animal diseases for the protection of the economy and public health. Animal Health has a team of 77 Wildlife Inspectors, who work across the UK undertaking compliance inspections and supporting law enforcement agencies in activity associated with aspects of wildlife crime. This involves CITES and some provisions of the domestic UK wildlife legislation relating to birds of prey.

2. Species listed on Annex A of CITES must be covered by a certificate (Article 10 certificate) from the UK CITES Management Authority. Without this certificate owners of listed species cannot legally use them for any commercial purpose, whether or not direct payment is involved. This includes offer to buy, buy, keep for sale, offer for sale, transport for sale, sell, advertise for sale, exchange for anything else, or display to paying customers. To import or (re)export an Annex A listed specimen into or out of the EU requires both an import permit and an (re)export permit. Keepers therefore need to contact the management authorities in the countries of export and import prior to such a move.

    Press enquiries:

    Animal Health – 01905 765214

    Press releases are available on the Animal Health website: www.defra.gov.uk/animalhealth/

Matthew Ford
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E: matthew.ford@animalhealth.gsi.gov.uk

May monthly meeting – guest Richard Jones

Our next monthly meeting on the 11th May will include a talk from BFC member and local avian vet Mr Richard Jones.

8 pm start

Monthly Meeting

Dave Whittingham

Secrectary

07792539404

 Pete Dodd

Chairman

07971380749

 Pete Smith

Field Meet Secrectary

07919528802

 

 

 Chris Moxon

Regional Rep

07855435077

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call for material for regional page

Now we have our new main BFC website lets make use of our regional space.

What would you like to see on our regional space? Photos of old field meetings, field meet reports?

We can have photo galleries, video clips, written reports etc.

If you have any material that you would like to see on our page please get in touch at bfcnwrep@gmail.com

Newsletter editors new contact details

February 16, 2010

Mike Nicholls is the newsletter editor. His e mail address is newsletter@britishfalconersclub.co.uk

Please send your news and reports ASAP.

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BFC and The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

October 24, 2009

An organisation devoted to the preservation of the spectacular and ancient art of falconry is helping to spearhead a campaign to save one of our most threatened farmland birds, the wild grey partridge, which has suffered a massive 86 per cent decline over the past 40 years.

 The British Falconers’ Club (BFC), which is dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey has recently joined forces with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and will be launching a visually stunning and extremely informative DVD on the methods and techniques needed to manage the land in order to boost wild grey partridge numbers.

 

In addition to launching the BFC’s DVD on 23rd October, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust marked the end of its spectacular Grey Partridge Project at Royston in Herefordshire with an inspiring half-day seminar on Friday 23rd October.  Grey partridge numbers have soared six-fold in spring on the project site and this seminar explained how many new initiatives, including the new Campaign for the Farmed Environment,  could help to save one of our most threatened farmland birds, the wild grey partridge.  The event  also included a guided walk around the Trust’s spectacular partridge project to witness the now rare sight of a flourishing grey partridge population.

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