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-Birds are closer to me

-than any other animal.

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-They're very clever creatures.

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-When you see birds making

-a young person smile...

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-..someone who's had a tough life...

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-..that's reward enough at times.

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-I'd be lost without them.

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-Birds are my life.

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-VARIOUS BIRD CALLS

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-In a caravan near

-Clocaenog, Denbighshire...

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-..Islwyn Jones shares his home

-with a dozen birds of prey and owls.

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-My parents thought there

-was something wrong with me.

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-I used to play cowboys and Indians

-on an old train in the farmyard...

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-..and try to get

-buzzards to come to me.

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-It was always a dream.

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-To do it as a living

-is more than I could ask for.

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-I've kept all kinds of animals when

-we had an open farm here years ago.

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-There's something very special

-about birds. They're very clever.

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-They can get quite close to you too.

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-But it's no mean feat to train

-birds to perform in displays.

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-We start them off as young

-as possible. It takes time.

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-They watch TV with us

-so they get used to us.

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-They think you're their parent.

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-The youngest members

-of Islwyn's family...

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-..are barn owls Seren and Bertha.

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-I bought the two together to try

-to teach them to fly together...

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-..so they're friends from the start.

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-They're five weeks old now.

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-I've given myself a challenge...

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-..that they'll fly freely

-and hopefully come back to me...

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-..by the time they're 15 weeks old.

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-We'll see.

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-In the meantime, they have

-to be fed three times a day.

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-The meat we're giving them today...

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-..is waste from big factories...

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-..where hens lay eggs.

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-The male chicks don't gain weight.

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-The male chicks are put down

-when they're a day old.

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-We buy them, 6,000 at a time,

-frozen in boxes.

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-Many come here

-saying they want to keep birds.

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-The first thing we do

-is get one of these or a mouse.

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-We give them scissors and say...

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-"..If you keep birds,

-you have to feed them."

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-They change their minds and leave.

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-More mess.

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-They're not very hygienic

-in a house.

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-But most of them are allowed in

-to watch telly, then back out again.

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-SINGING ON TV

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-OWL SQUAWKS

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-It's odd...

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-..but when one bird hears

-the Pobol Y Cwm theme...

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-..it comes indoors immediately.

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-Ten years ago...

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-..Islwyn had a serious car accident

-when he was racing old cars.

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-He injured his back and a leg.

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-He has no doubts that caring for

-the birds gave his life purpose...

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-..at a difficult time.

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-As their owner I knew I had

-to train them and fly them...

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-..so they had their exercise.

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-If life's hard, there's

-nothing better than going out...

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-..with a bird flying after you.

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-It's a chance to think.

-I'd be lost without them.

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-Because the birds helped

-Islwyn after his accident...

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-..he realized he could help people

-who had problems of all kinds.

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-One young girl had

-fallen through a shed roof.

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-She'd be in a wheelchair forever.

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-Her dream was to hold

-a snowy owl, as she called it...

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-..a large white owl, like Hedwig.

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-It was put on her knee,

-where it sat for 45 minutes.

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-She couldn't use her hands.

-She stroked it with her cheek.

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-The social workers

-and staff broke their hearts.

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-I had to disappear too, actually.

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-Lowri Peacock was inspired

-by Islwyn a few years ago.

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-She was quiet and lacked confidence

-when she came to help on the farm.

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-Birds and rural customs

-are close to her heart.

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-Now, she helps Islwyn in displays.

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-She's as good a worker as any man.

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-She's being doing it for years.

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-Since she was very young...

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-..she has caught rabbits, sheared

-and docked lambs for farmers.

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-She's ideal. She enjoys it.

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-Lowri has always lived in Cwm Main.

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-Her interest

-in country life has grown.

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-She works for local

-farmers like John Gwyn.

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-Where are your ferrets?

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-Where are your ferrets?

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-Around the back.

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-There you are.

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-There you are.

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-With a bunny.

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-Today, they're ferreting

-for rabbits.

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-Have you finished your exams?

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-Have you finished your exams?

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-Almost.

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-Did they go well?

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-Did they go well?

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-Not bad.

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-You don't want to be thick

-like your mother.

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-No.

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-A lot of people don't teach

-youngsters how to do this work.

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-They know that if they do

-and the youngsters like it...

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-..a few years down the line,

-they take the work.

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-But I believe in teaching them.

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-If young people aren't taught,

-it's going to disappear.

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-I don't know anyone

-as young as Lowri who hunts.

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-Jacko!

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-Lowri has a special

-relationship with animals.

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-Behind the house, she looks

-after two ferrets, Jack and Jill.

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-They will look for rabbits

-for Lowri today.

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-After finding the rabbit warren...

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-..each hole is covered with a net.

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-Then Jack starts his work.

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-Watch out, a rabbit might

-hit you in the face.

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-Hello.

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-What are you doing here?

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-There are a lot

-of reasons for catching rabbits.

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-One very good reason is to feed them

-to the birds and to feed us too.

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-Another reason is

-that they damage fields.

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-You as a farmer know better than me.

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-Was there no-one at home?

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-What a bad trick.

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-It's unusual work for a girl,

-but Lowri is in her element.

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-I'll never forget

-what I've learnt over the years.

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-If I had children, I'd teach them.

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-I'd like to bring them back here...

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-..to grow up with

-the people I grew up with.

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-Leave the net, please.

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-After three hours ferreting,

-no rabbit has appeared today.

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-Yes, we've got a ferret.

-We've got everything but rabbits.

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-Nothing this time.

-Maybe tomorrow or the next day.

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-It's pot luck.

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-Money isn't everything to me.

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-It is to my friends, they like

-things like clothes and posh shoes.

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-I'm happier covered in shit, really.

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-Today, Lowri and Islwyn

-are preparing the birds...

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-..for a display in Denbigh Castle.

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-First, they make sure

-the birds are safe for the journey.

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-Many of them don't like

-having hoods put on them.

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-It keeps them quieter in the boxes.

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-It prevents them wrecking

-themselves before they arrive.

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-No problem!

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-The birds are on the way.

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-They sleep in Denbigh

-Castle tonight...

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-..so they get used to their new

-surroundings before the show.

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-Denbigh Castle, the morning of

-the show. The birds have slept well.

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-We let them see the place

-and settle down in a new area...

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-..with the different sounds.

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-They're much better

-if we come the night before.

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-But Islwyn is worried today.

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-Flying a falcon within

-the castle walls isn't easy.

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-This is Grace.

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-She's a Gyr crossed with a Saker.

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-We'll let her settle.

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-They're the largest

-falcons in the world.

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-We've been all over the place

-together for the last five years.

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-Home!

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-Good.

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-Turn!

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-Grace won't listen

-to her master today.

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-Grace!

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-Grace, home!

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-Hey!

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-Home!

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-Come on!

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-The castle walls are confusing her.

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-Gulls and crows harry her.

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-Come on, home!

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-Down!

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-Around the castle.

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-And...

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-..home!

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-The star of the show

-refuses to perform today.

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-Will Islwyn be able to get her back?

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-In Denbigh Castle,

-Islwyn Jones has lost Grace...

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-..one of his most loyal falcons.

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-During the bird display,

-Grace flew over the castle walls...

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-..and didn't return.

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-Flying birds is an old tradition.

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-But Islwyn has to use modern

-technology to look for her.

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-I've put a small pickup

-on the bird's leg.

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-This will pick it up.

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-It pinpoints exactly where she is.

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-There can be problems.

-They test them in the desert.

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-They say they work

-for up to 30 miles.

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-But if she's behind a tree

-or building, it won't pick it up.

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-Right.

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-There's no telling

-how far she's gone.

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-Falcons can hunt

-at a speed of over 100 mph.

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-BLEEPS

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-There's a sound coming from there.

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-The needle's going up.

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-BLEEPS

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-We can hear the sound.

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-Nothing there.

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-It's stronger this way.

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-There she is, on the roof.

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-I've learnt that people

-who come to watch...

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-..like to see me losing a bird.

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-But they're even happier

-when we come back with the bird.

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-It's a challenge with birds.

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-You can't run after a bird

-to catch it, like a dog.

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-She's been caught.

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-I'm very happy.

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-She went over the castle wall.

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-She landed on a roof.

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-Other birds were dive-bombing her...

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-..because she's not native.

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-She's not part of their world,

-so they didn't like her.

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-I got her down eventually.

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-It took a lot of persuading.

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-I promised you a chick,

-but you haven't had one.

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-It keeps you fit.

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-Shows and fairs are Islwyn's

-bread and butter in summer.

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-But the birds can offer much

-more than just entertainment.

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-Islwyn and his birds...

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-..go to inspire young

-unemployed people in Denbigh...

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-..under a scheme run by business

-advice firm Menter a Busnes.

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-We go to Youth Clubs.

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-We work for the Assembly too, with

-young people who are starting work.

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-If they can't find work,

-we encourage them to create work.

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-I take the birds and say...

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-"..If I can make a living

-out of this, so can you.

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-I'm Islwyn Jones.

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-I'm supposed to talk

-to you about self-employment...

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-..and the things I've done to show

-there are opportunities for you.

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-But we'll talk about

-work in general as well.

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-Islwyn is a perfect role model.

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-He has a story

-that young people can relate to.

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-He's been through difficult times.

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-He shows them he lifted

-himself out of that.

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-He started a new business

-with the birds.

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-He shows them what is possible.

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-Put your hand anywhere.

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-He won't do anything to you.

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-In some of the places we go to...

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-..they're almost afraid

-of themselves at first.

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-When you go back in a few months,

-somehow it has helped them.

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-You wouldn't believe

-the life they've had.

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-It's not their fault.

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-It's marvellous to see them

-being able to overcome problems.

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-Since Lowri started to work

-for Islwyn two years ago...

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-..she's become more confident.

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-It's thanks to the birds.

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-At first, her relationship

-with the birds was rather risky.

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-She's not afraid of anything.

-She tended just to grab them.

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-But she's understood that you can

-get hurt. She takes her time.

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-I think the birds know too...

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-..that she isn't afraid of them

-and she won't hurt them.

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-I wouldn't tell her...

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-..but she has flown a bird

-I wasn't able to.

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-There's no need to tell her!

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-One bird that is very special

-to Lowri is Willow...

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-..a barn owl she's had

-since it was nine weeks old.

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-Willow and I have more

-of a bond than any other bird.

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-She lived in the house with the cat.

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-It doesn't sound practical,

-but she grew up with the cat.

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-She goes down if I go down.

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-If I want to talk to someone or

-go for a walk, she's always there.

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-She's just like family...

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-..or a sister.

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-Sometimes, it can be dangerous...

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-..to forge too close

-a relationship with the birds.

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-A bird comes into season every year.

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-With wild owls...

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-..if the female comes into season...

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-..and the male isn't

-interested, she eats him.

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-This gives her strength

-to look for another one.

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-For the past three years,

-Elsa thinks I'm the partner.

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-She makes nice sounds to me.

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-But when I turn my back to leave...

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-..she goes for me.

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-It lasts for a fortnight

-then it's over for a year.

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-But it can be rather unpleasant.

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-But two other birds

-claim Islwyn's attention now...

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-..the two barn owls he's rearing.

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-OWLS SQUEAK

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-Do you want to gut these or shall I?

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-Do you want to gut these or shall I?

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-You do it.

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-Even Lowri isn't too keen on

-preparing Seren and Bertha's lunch.

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-You can't give these to young ones.

-There's too much risk of salmonella.

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-The yolk is still in the chick.

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-Everyone will think we've been

-very messy, eating breakfast.

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-Owls aren't waterproof.

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-That's why they can't hunt

-when it rains.

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-That's why so many die in the wild.

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-Come on, Bertha!

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-Islwyn hopes that

-these two youngsters...

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-..will perform as part

-of his show in a few weeks.

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-Islwyn and Lowri

-are going to another show.

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-But this one is rather different.

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-There is a lot of demand for

-the owls' service in weddings now.

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-In half an hour,

-in Rhyl Register Office...

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-..Whisper the white owl

-has a very important role...

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-..at the wedding

-of a friend of Islwyn's, Cyril.

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-He's been a friend for 20 years.

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-I couldn't charge him!

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-None of the guests know that

-a white owl will carry the rings.

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-See you later.

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-See you later.

-

-OK. Thanks.

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-That's that.

-We'll wait for the bride to arrive.

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-We're safe once she's gone in.

-We know the guests won't see us.

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-Like every bride,

-Bridget is slightly late.

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-At last, it's time

-for Whisper to go to the wedding.

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-We are here to witness

-the joining in matrimony...

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-..of Cyril Lloyd Jones...

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-..and Bridget Mary Payne.

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-May I now call upon the best man to

-present the wedding rings, please.

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-Oh!

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-Thank you very much indeed.

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-Whisper.

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-Whisper!

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-It would have been nicer

-in a big church, but it was fine.

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-The best man had a big smile

-on his face. He was very nervous.

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-The person who receives the bird,

-sometimes the bride...

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-..has never handled a bird,

-except for a few minutes.

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-It was spot on, no problem.

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-OK.

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-It's midsummer in Amlwch.

-Islwyn is at another mediaeval show.

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-These birds love the wind. Home!

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-Come on, turn, turn!

-Look at the seagulls.

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-Home!

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-Turning is good.

-Going in straight lines is not.

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-Once again,

-Grace the falcon is in trouble.

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-Gulls chase her.

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-Come on, Grace!

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-Sorry about the noise, but I haven't

-got neighbours where I live. Home!

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-Oh!

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-When I first handled a bird...

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-..I knew that was

-what I wanted to do.

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-Come on!

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-I was very excited at first.

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-I'm still excited in shows,

-but I'm used to it.

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-Good girl, come on!

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-Whoa, come on!

0:21:340:21:36

-Come on!

0:21:360:21:37

-Good girl, home! Come on!

0:21:380:21:40

-Quick, before the bad gulls! Home!

0:21:400:21:42

-They're scaring her. Come on!

0:21:430:21:45

-Good girl, come on!

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-Right.

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-That's it.

0:21:510:21:53

-I'll have to pick her up, she's gone

-on the ground. She's perfectly OK.

0:21:530:21:58

-Some people only do shows.

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-It makes life easier.

-I don't believe that's the future.

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-In shows, you don't get a chance

-to describe other work you do.

0:22:050:22:10

-The greater the variety...

0:22:100:22:13

-..the more we'll get people to like

-the birds and enjoy watching them.

0:22:130:22:18

-I've done a lot of things in my

-life. I don't regret anything.

0:22:190:22:23

-I really hope I won't have

-to change what I do again.

0:22:230:22:27

-I can't imagine doing

-anything else now.

0:22:270:22:30

-A friend asked me recently

-if I had a pension.

0:22:300:22:34

-I said I didn't. He asked why.

-I said I didn't intend to retire.

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-I always say, I hope to be healthy,

-but the way I'd like to go...

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-..would be while swinging a lure...

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-..trying to get a falcon back

-in a country show and drop dead.

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-I hope it won't be

-for a few years yet.

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-I don't want to do anything else.

-Birds are my life.

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