Falconer Jason Keddie and his hawk Max (Dwayne Senior)
High above the Olympic pool, at about the level Tom Daley stood on the
high-diving board, Max sits on a flimsy piece of scaffolding. He surveys the
scene in front of him: the blue waters beneath and the undulating ceiling
A sharp whistle sounds and Max spreads his wings and swoops down elegantly
onto the arm of his minder. Max, a hawk, is there to keep the pigeons away
as the sides of the aquatics centre in the Olympic park are stripped down to
be replaced by glass.