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- Here at RAF Mildenhall we fly a variety

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of different birds of prey
to deter problem species

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on the flight line, including crows,

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it's that carrion crow, jackdaw, rooks,

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and so we use, best way to describe it,

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the birds of prey to do that.

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We can have days where
we get no calls at all

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and we'll get other days where
we'll have every five minutes

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there'll be a bird out there.

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It's all dependent on,
obviously, weather conditions,

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food source, lots of different factors.

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We can be out there for
literally a matter of seconds.

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They just see it, they're
gone, that's the idea

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of having the falcons
'cause they're without doubt

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probably the best deterrent we could use.

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It's natural, as well, which
people in this day and age,

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people love, they love the natural side

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of flying something
that is nature-invented

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against something else
that nature invented.