Me and my brother were having a chat and god knows how but we came onto talking about Falconry and owning birds of prey.

We disagree about one thing. Do you need a license to own one, or do you only need one if intending to hunt with it?

I have no plans to get one, this is purely out of interest to prove who is right

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im sure you need a licence to own one

This is my thinking as well

I'm pretty sure you need a licence and you have to go on a training course first.

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There is no licence to own one. Some require DEFRA paperwork to prove the bird is captive bred. Anyone with the cash could go out and buy a Golden Eagle with no idea how to care for it, if you could find someone willing to sell you one.
To hunt vermin eg rabbit, fox, crow, magpie ect you only need the land owners permision.
To hunt game eg pheasant, grouse ect you need a game licence from the post office
Then there is a quary licence which applies to certain hawks/falcons hunting certain quarry eg flying merlins at larks, sparrowhawks at blackbirds. This type specifies the ring number of the bop to be used and the numbers and location that quary may be taken and is only applicable to certain native species

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You'd think there would be they're such specialist animals to own

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No compulsory training either

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Thanks Hawksport, sounds like he was right.

Interested now.......

So say somebody had one as a pet and decided to go fly it in a local field and it killed a blackbird by accident, what would happen then?