The joys and benefits of helping peregrine falcons on your farmland
The tagged falcons nesting in this Mayo sheep farmer’s ruined castle ‘keep the local crow population in check’ and generally provide a sense of wonder
Mayo farmer Shane Loftus in front of the ruined castle on his land where the peregrine falcons nest. Photos: Mark Condren/Micheál Casey
Shane Loftus never tires of the view from his Mayo farm up the Moy estuary where little egrets and grey herons and other wintering wildfowl wade along its intertidal sand and mud flats.
So he is particularly delighted that a couple of peregrine falcons now share his appreciation of the seascape extending out into the Atlantic.
