On the southwestern entrance to Clackmannanshire (The Wee County), on the first roundabout on the A907 at Tullibody there appears to be a mass of nothing but trees as you approach The Wee County. However, if you look carefully, you will spot a sculpture of a bird of prey standing proudly over its nest (the nest is a bit more difficult to see) and looking over towards the Ochil Hills, in the shadow of the Andy Scott Art Trail it's a bit of a forgotten treasure.
This sculpture has been actually quite difficult to find information on as it appears Clackmannanshire Council have no information on the piece and list it on their “Public Arts” webpage as "Bird of Prey". Well, the whole point of our website to make sure as much information about Clackmannanshire and what it has to offer is available to everyone internationally (hopefully looking to visit) and locally (hopefully introducing things/places people didn't know about or answering any questions people may have about this amazingly historical and versatile Wee County).
Back to our “bird of prey” which has often been mistaken as an Andy Scott piece, as well as being known by varies names including “bird of prey” and “Aquilae” (Latin for eagle). In the search for information on this sculpture, internet information was very lacking as was Clackmannanshire Council's, so where to next? Facebook of course - After posting on a local group page Rosa McPherson got in touch and managed to start shining some light on this piece and point me in the direction of the Glasgow Sculpture Studios (GSS). I contacted GSS asking if they could help at all, and they brought some more light to the sculpture. They were able to tell us that the piece is called "Falcon". Unfortunately, I haven't been able to discover the artists thinking behind this sculpture, or the thoughts of the students involved (I haven't given up on that yet).