Did you know that Wimbledon has a hawk named Rufus whose job is to scare away pigeons? Except for this one year when his job was interrupted because he was stolen. Well, let me explain. So Wimbledon ...
Rufus, Wimbledon’s famous Harris’s hawk, has spent 18 years protecting the All England Club from pigeons. Starting work ...
As day breaks over Wimbledon tennis club, Rufus the hawk is poised, ready to protect the world-famous immaculate grass courts from flocks of greedy pigeons foraging for seeds. Forget Serena and Venus, ...
Rufus has been keeping the Wimbledon tennis courts pigeon-free for 18 years A bird of prey which stops pigeons from interrupting play at Wimbledon treats the All England Club as "his playground", ...