Welsh Hawking Centre

{{Short description|Falconry centre in Barry, Wales}}

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The Welsh Hawking Centre and Children's Animal Park is a hawking centre on Weycock Road on the northwestern outskirts of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, in southern Wales. It contains the largest collection of birds of prey in Wales,{{cite web |title=Welsh Hawking Centre |url=http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/enjoying/visit_the_vale/attractions/family/welsh_hawking_centre.aspx |website=Vale of Glamorgan Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629232945/http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk:80/enjoying/visit_the_vale/attractions/family/welsh_hawking_centre.aspx |archive-date=29 June 2009}} with over 200 birds on site including eagles, owls, hawks, falcons and buzzards.{{cite web |title=Welsh Hawking Centre and Children's Animal Park |url=http://www.barrywales.co.uk/hawkingcentre/ |website=barrywales.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202054046/http://www.barrywales.co.uk/hawkingcentre/ |archive-date=2 February 2007 |url-status=dead}}

In 2007 seven falcon chicks were stolen from the centre.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6766735.stm|title=Falcon chicks stolen from centre |date=19 June 2007|work=BBC News |access-date=28 December 2009}}