Raptor Awards is a not-for-profit expert body serving the Bird of Prey community. Raptor Awards is passionate about the welfare of birds of prey.
We specialise in the development of National and Occupational Standards for Bird of Prey keepers and professionals. This is why we exist. The welfare of birds of prey is at the heart of everything that we do and every decision that we take. We believe that quality training and assessment is crucial for those that keep and/ or work with birds of prey, which in turn contributes to the welfare of bir
09/06/2026
Congratulations Ethan for gaining his Raptor Awards certification for keeping, training and flying birds of prey for his bird control career 👏
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Looking for a Raptor Awards approved falconry course in and around Maidstone, Kent? Leeds Castle Falconry might just be the place for you! 🏰 Mark Brattle offers a Raptor Awards approved 5 day course in which you learn all about keeping, training and flying birds of prey. This includes all the falconry basics including the history of falconry, everything about accomodation (housing) , furniture (equipment), dietry needs, training a bird of prey, free flying and much more. This results in a Raptor Awards full certification, showing you have completed the required theory and practical skills with the bird of prey's welfare at the centre of your practice.
Book your slot today! You can go directly through Leed's castle https://www.leeds-castle.com/product/five-day-falconry-course/
or email us for more information.
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You can also find out more via our website https://raptorawards.co.uk/
We have assessors accross the country so do not hesitate to reach out to find an assessor nearest to you.
Well done to the raptor award students that showed off their skills in the first ever student led bird of prey demonstration for lambing weekend at Hadlow College!
Meet the fantastic student team (Sunday)!
Thank you to willows bird of prey for providing birds for the practice days and display weekend.
Having the recommendation from Jemima Parry-Jones MBE is something that we are incredibly proud of, our thanks go out to her for speaking with us and reviewing our Raptor Awards material. It was a pleasure to spend the day with her , Nightshade and Quince , talking birds , Raptor Awards and conservation, as well as the past, present and future of falconry, including some very fond memories! You can watch the full videos on our new and improved website, linked on our socials ( https://raptorawards.co.uk ) Here we talk through careers , ‘grandfather’s rights’ , our junior raptor awards programme and more.
There are more updates to come to our learning zone page imminently too!
We continue to push for the highest standards for bird of prey welfare and hope you join us in our mission. 🦅
If you are interested in taking one of our courses and getting your certification , check out our website or contact us today, [email protected]
- Raptor Awards Team
22/04/2026
Congratulations to Tyler for achieving his Raptor Awards certification for keeping, training and flying a bird of prey for his bird control career! 👏
Want to gain your certification? Contact us: [email protected]
Already have a certification? Send or dm us a photo of you and your certificate to be featured
06/04/2026
Congratulation to Emily, one of our Hadlow students, for passing her Raptor Awards!
On another note we hope everyone has had a lovely Easter bank holiday! 🐣 and making the most of the sunshine ☀️
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand at PestEx 2026.
We look forward to further working with the pest control industry to make sure those who use birds of prey in bird control maintain a high standard of welfare for these incredibly specialist animals.
It was great speaking with everyone, including those who have nothing to do with birds but still took part in our 5 CPD questions as part of the Knowledge Trail and learned more about our mission, using birds in bird control and bird of prey welfare.
30/03/2026
One of our assessors, Chris Johnson from teaching Sophia, one of our fantastic Junior Raptor Awards students. Congratulations Sophia on picking up everything so well!
It was great speaking to everyone at PestEx , exciting things coming from the Raptor Awards in collaboration with the RPMA. Stay tuned 🦅