DO the pigeon fanciers of Darwen have nothing better to do with their time other than complain time after time about the falcons?

These birds are a fantastic sight to watch when they are hunting, unlike the pigeon which is nothing short of a flying rat!

We should be honoured that year upon year that the falcons return to our town.

Losing a few extra "flying rats" is no great loss, but losing the falcons, as these fanciers want, would be a great shame.

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