A hawk which terrorised a Home Counties village for weeks was attacking people because it was “hormonal”, a falconer has said.
The Harris’s hawk was captured on Thursday after a string of attacks in the Hertfordshire village of Flamstead, with residents having resorted to wearing helmets or hats to protect themselves from the dive-bombing bird of prey.
The male hawk was finally caught by jogger Steve Harris in his garden, with help from falconer Alan Greenhalgh.
