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The council has also suggested hiring a falconry expert who may be able to deter the raptor.

“His entire life, and I kid you not, is falconry,” she said.

From falconry and helicopter rides to spas and solar farms, farmers say these additional services now form a crucial part of the business.

Both birds came from a local hawk sanctuary and were used in falconry.

Although the origins are murky, the earliest records of falconry trace back to Asia and the Middle East more than 6,000 years ago.