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A more exclusive insight into falconry

For a while now I’ve been looking for a way to learn about falconry. I’ve seen a couple of demonstrations and displays at country fayres and quite fancy having a go myself at keeping birds of prey.

Of course, like taking on any animal it’s a massive responsibility, so I’ve been keeping an eye out for suitable falconry courses. One finally caught my eye today, as I came across a one to one falconry day course in Shropshire which I found from this falconry page here.

As is it just you, the expert falconer and his collection of birds, I reckon this is the best way to get a maximum of hands on knowledge. And I can ask as many questions as I like to get a better understanding of the sport without feeling like I’m hogging the limelight on a small group falconry experience!

Reading the info on the site, it looks like falconer Chris who leads the days has a wealth of expertise and a huge amount of experience breeding, rearing and training birds of prey as well as a being dedicated to protecting wild birdlife, so I’m hoping to learn a lot and have fun at the same time. Looking forward to meeting Chris and his magnificent raptors.

Clay pigeon shooting etiquette

Start on the right foot by getting to the field on time. Most of the experts suggest you need around one hour prepare yourself for the shoot, so take that into consideration also.

If you need to handle someone’s gun, be sure to ask before doing so as you might be winning friends by handling their gun without letting them know. 

Correct etiquette whilst shooting also means making your calls at a suitable volume. Call too loudly and targets will be flying on other fields; make your calls too softly and you won’t get the targets at the time you expect.

Let others know before you start firing your test shots.

Don’t shoot twice at the same target and don’t muck things up for others by carrying on if you miss – they may still be straight.

A lot of the rules of etiquette whilst shooting relate to respecting others on the field. Try to stand so you are not in sight of others while they are shooting. Don’t start talking while others are trying to focus on their shoot and don’t be a distraction to people shooting on other fields. Finally, there should be no visitors to the field during the shoot creating a distraction.

If you are moving around with your gun, carry it across your shoulder with the barrels to the front.

Lastly, be careful where you put your empty cartridges, disposing of them correctly is part of the correct etiquette whilst shooting.

Follow these few straightforward rules of etiquette whilst shooting and the activity will be more enjoyable for you and for those in your company at the shoot.

Intotheblue have a list of UK venues that offer clay pigeon shooting

Clay pigeon shooting

If you are involved in clay pigeon shooting, whether starting out or already involved in the sport, then you need to know about the etiquette whilst shooting. Following correct etiquette isn’t difficult once you have know the basics – and many of these will overlap with some of the essential safety guidelines you should know before you begin shooting.

Here are just a few of the key rules of etiquette whilst shooting and also some websites that will be interesting should you pursue this popular activity. Websites first,

A wealth of information to compliment below can be found on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_pigeon_shooting.
Intotheblue have a list of UK venues that offer clay pigeon shooting and finally, there’s NationalRural.org the governing body for clay pigeon shooting in the UK.

A family outing to the garden centre and we stumble across a falconry demonstration

Wondering where to take the wife and kids over half term, we stumbled across a falconry demonstration at our local garden centre and it made for a family outing with a real difference – and what’s more the kids were totally enwrapped!

 The expert falconer had a Harris Hawk, a Snowy Owl, a female Peregrine Falcon and a huge European Eagle Owl, all sitting pretty on their wooden perches in the field next to the car park.

 I have to say, it really was magical to watch these graceful birds of prey released into the sky, only to swoop back down and glide gently onto the gloved hand of their master. The kids absolutely loved it, so much so that they want actually have a go themselves, so it looks like dad will be paying out for that sometime soon, but I don’t mind too much as I’d secretly love to have a go too! This site (Intotheblue.co.uk) has plenty of falconry events which don’t seem too expensive even for a large family.

Birdwatching Weekend

Grandad gave the kids some information on the Big Garden Birdwatch weekend going on over the 30th – 31st January 2010 organised by the RSPB.

They are both very keen at bird watching and T had a birdwatching book and pair of binoculars for Christmas whilst L had a gift voucher for falconry courses which she can use later in the year.

Where we are is absolutely perfect for birdwatching, we live up a little track surrounded by fields and with a good old fashioned hedge 20 ft from our front door with open fields the other side of it.

I have 3 or 4 bird feeding stations set up in this hedge and we can just sit in the warmth of our dining room or living room watching countless birds of all varieties.

We get all varieties of tits and finches, loads of blackbirds, starings, sparrows and robins. We have pheasants, pigeons and have a very loud cuckoo which always arrives very early and is very close by (although we haven’t seen him yet). We also get both varieties of woodpecker, and have even had a young one tapping on our living room window when we were in there.

We have barn owls 2 fields away which we can go and watch when we like and a highlight for my daughter a couple of weeks ago was a buzzard hovering within 10ft of the car as we drove to school in the morning.

Gerald Duck Appointed Moderator

Website Marketing Expert – Gerald Duck has been appointed moderator of the new articles sites category for Marketing Articles.

Gerald will be keeping a close eye on all articles submitted to ensure that they are posted by people who have permission to do so.

Gerald will also be setting up a rating system using his unique Duck Mark system which will grade posts from anything from 1 duck to 5 ducks.

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Does writing articles help SEO

Over recent years a lot has been said about writing articles for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) purposes.

This has led to a many people who don’t really know what they are doing, writing articles, spinning articles, copying articles and publishing articles as quickly as possible all around the web.

Many people just take shortcuts by spinning existing articles, changing author attributes and dropping anchor text links to sites they are working on within every article. 

Now this may lead to short term optimisation gains, but does it work in the long run?

Website marketing expert – Gerald Duck has always been wary of the quickfix shortcuts and tends to have a different approach to article writing. This approach is featured in his new marketing eBook Don’t Duck the Question which is available for download from January 2010.

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