Cotswold Falconry Centre is proud supporters of Project Lugger. Project Lugger is an organisation set up by a group of UK falconers, to help with the conservation of wild Lugger Falcons (Falco jugger).

The Lugger Falcon populations have severely declined in the last 30 years, mainly due to an increase in human populations, encroaching on their habitat. Persecution, illegal trapping and the decline in their prey species has also had a dramatic effect on their numbers. The aim of the project is to create a strong captive population of Lugger Falcons. Eventually, the UK offspring will go to breeding programmes in their home range of India and Pakistan, to produce younsters that will hopefully be released. This is where we come in! We have been donated an adult male Lugger Falcon (Maverick) by the project with the intention of pairing him up with our young female, Indy. Whilst Indy is still maturing, both birds will be flown in our daily displays and then they will be paired up to breed. Any offspring they may produce will then be donated to the project, helping to conserve this beautiful species.