A BIRD of prey is on the loose in the Basildon area.

Owner Dale M Slater has posted on a Facebook group dedicated to animals appealing for information about his hawk.

He is offering a £300 reward for her safe return of the female Harris's hawk.

Mr Slater posted: "She is a juvenile hawk, hasn't learned to hunt yet. There is a £300 reward for the return or the call that ends up me me catching my bird of prey. Lost in the Pitsea/Basildon area."

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