Hawk alert !

[David Swain]

Lovely day yesterday so decided to give 8 yearling widowhood cocks a first toss   from near Lulworth Cove (about 10 miles) - big mistake ! One came back in around half an hour looking very jumpy and over the next four hours four more returned. Three had tail feathers missing - one had only three left and a couple also had secondaries gone. Still no sign of the other three which had all been raced as YBs. Peregrines are a big problem around the coast in Dorset so I guess it's probably wiser to wait until more people start training and racing and they've got a bigger choice on the menu !