Not your average type of visitor…😅 This stunning merlin was captured by one of our brilliant Welcome and Service Assistants, Connor earlier this week, perched on the rope on Carrick-a-Rede island😍 Sometimes mistaken for a peregrine, merlins are our smallest bird of prey, being just a bit bigger than a blackbird. There are fewer than 1,000 breeding pairs in the UK and they are on the Red List of Conservation Concern. Merlins are usually very shy birds, so it's unusual to get so close! This one
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Our new member of our demo team, meet Grace our female Merlin. Grace is a 3 yr old hunting falcon that has come to us for a future breeding project due to being on the Red List. It is a Schedule 1 listed species on The Wildlife and Countryside Act. The merlin is the uk’s smallest falcon and bird of prey flying at approx 8oz or 226.7 grams. A formidable hunter who primarily hunts small birds but also takes small mammals, reptiles and insects. Breeding pairs in the uk are approx 900 to 1200 with b
Our new member of our demo team, meet Grace our female Merlin. Gra…
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4.6K views · 604 reactions | The Merlin is a formidable bird-hunter. To catch prey, these small falcons plough through massive flocks of birds at speeds topping 30 miles per hour! Learn more about the Merlin in ABC’s Bird of the Week: https://abcbirds.org/bird/merlin/ Video: Merlin by BlackBoxGuild/Shutterstock | American Bird Conservancy | Facebook
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