AN exciting new team right out of Africa is entertaining crowds at a falconry centre.

Five African hooded vultures, with a wing span of four-and-a-half feet, have been brought to Sion Hill Hall, at Kirby Wiske, near Northallerton.

Falconer Ben Potter, pictured left with the birds, said the vultures had been taking part in displays at the centre for the past three weeks, after arriving in April.