Lost bird: Brown with cream breast Raptor bird called Sinjari - Banbury area, Oxfordshire

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Sinjari

Name:	Sinjari
Breed & Species:	Raptor bird
Colour:	Brown with cream breast
Went missing:	11 years ago (26 December 2012 at around 15:00hrs)
Location:	Moreton Pinkney area, Northamptonshire, NN11 3SQ
Health:	Healthy
Age:	10 years old (approx)
Sex:	Female
Collar:	No
Microchipped:	No
Markings:	1 chipped tail feather and 1 bent tail feather She has a brown back and brown barred tail. Her breast is pale with brown spots. Sinjari is a large falcon with a wingspan of roughly 1.3m (4ft 3in) , around the size of a large buzzard, but not as stocky, she also has shallower wing beats than a buzzard and. Is not as stocky as one.
Circumstances:	She was blown down wind ( north east) and because she is unfit i think she was unable to find her way back against the wind. I lost the signal on her radio tracking in the evening. The frequency is 173.25(4)
Other info:	Wearing 1 bell on each leg, flying jesses, 2 orange rings, and a telemetry transmitter on 173.254
Our ref:	PR31133
Posted on:	28 December 2012
Posted by:	Falconlover

Moreton Pinkney area, Northamptonshire, NN11 3SQ

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petsreunited

28 December 2012 at 18:29

Report received on the Animal Finders system.

petsreunited

28 December 2012 at 20:01

Report approved by Administrator.

petsreunited

28 December 2012 at 20:05

Report distributed to relevant organisations on the Official Alert Network for Banbury.

petsreunited

28 December 2012 at 20:10

Report distributed to Local Pet Watch members within a 3 mile radius of last known location.

petsreunited

31 December 2012 at 19:25

Report closed by Falconlover.

Falconlover

31 December 2012 at 19:25

she was found by a farmer in a chicken shed.

NickCarpenter - PetsReunited

03 January 2013 at 12:57

This is great news. How did the farmer trace you?

Falconlover

04 January 2013 at 20:32

Hi Nick,thankyou for your interest. The Falcon found her way to a free range chicken farm and helped herself to a chicken in an open barn. She was spotted and caught by the farmer who, seeing her Jessie's and bells guessed she was trained and put her in a crate. A friend of ours works part time at the farm and on receiving a phone call from the farmer guessed it could be ours as he new Lydia our grand daughter was staying, with birds, for Christmas. A very happy girl came back to us on Sunday with her family to take The falcon home.

NickCarpenter - PetsReunited

04 January 2013 at 20:37

Wow, that's a great story and a lucky set of coincidences. I hope the farmer wasn't too miffed about losing a chicken!

Falconlover

04 January 2013 at 20:51

He was great and must have seen how happy and amazed we were to have her back. People were very very helpful in our search but after several days we had almost given up and Lydia had to go home without her onthe Saturday which made her very sad. All now well we hope you have more happy stories on your web site..

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