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COVID-19 News

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Due to the government guidelines on social distancing, we’ll be closing the Trust for the foreseeable future.  We feel we need to do our bit to help reduce the spread of this terrible virus and keep our visitors, staff and volunteers as safe and healthy as possible.  Rest assured that we have measures in place to make sure our birds are well-cared for; that is our top priority.

In order to do that, we need to do our best to ensure we have a strong and healthy bird team to take care of our birds, themselves and their families.  We’re sure you will have many questions for us, and as so much is unknown at the moment, we don’t have all the answers, however, we’re working hard to figure them out.

We pride ourselves on keeping our customers happy and we will do our best to answer your questions in the days and weeks ahead.  We will post regularly on our website and social media pages as new information becomes available. If you have bookings with us, we’ll be in touch to rearrange them. If you have expiry dates, we post more information about what we’ll do about them for you. We’ll do our utmost to take care of you. In the meantime please bear with us if we aren’t as responsive as usual.

We have been over-whelmed by the support and understanding we have received over the last week and we thank you for your understanding.  It’s not easy for any of us to cope with the circumstances we’re facing. Look after yourselves and each other and enjoy the wildlife where it’s safe.

 

National Bird of Prey Hospital™ Highlights 2019

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We are extremely proud of the work we do in our National Bird of Prey Hospital™; we continue to deliver an excellent record in Bird of Prey rehabilitation. Our Hospital Manager Cedric Robert along with our vet John Chitty, members of the Bird Team, and dedicated volunteers work tirelessly to ensure the wild birds admitted to the Hospital receive the best care possible. 2019 was no exception; with approximately 60% of cases concluding in a successful rehabilitation and release back into the wild! Here are our highlights from the year: (more…)

Searching for Hampshire Heroes!

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We’re searching for Hampshire Heroes who deserve an extra gift this Christmas of an Owl Experience!

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South Africa field trip 2019

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Back in September our Head of Development, Andy Hinton, and Bird Team member, Ben Cox, headed out to South Africa for our annual conservation field trip to Dronfield Nature Reserve, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. They also spent some time in Mokala National Park and were lucky enough to take a trip to the Kalahari Desert in northern South Africa. This trip is bittersweet for those who attend.  (more…)

Winner of IVAD Creative Competition announced!

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As part of our International Vulture Awareness Day celebrations we invited you to take part in our Creative Competition. (more…)

Marion Paviour Award announcement!

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We are delighted to announce our second annual Marion Paviour Award goes to Diego Mendez for his project with King Vultures in central Bolivia. The purpose of our Marion Paviour Award is to further research into the conservation of birds of prey and is intended to support early-career researchers working towards this goal. Diego tells us a bit more about himself and his project: (more…)

Overall winner of the Photographic Competition announced

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We’re pleased to announce that the overall winner of our 2018 Photographic Competition is Danny McCreadie for this stunning image he captured of two wild Peregrine Falcons. The image was taken in Morialta Conservation Park in south Australia.

The image was selected as winner in the ‘In the Wild’ category by Oliver Smart and as overall winner by Trust president, Chris Packham.

Find out more about entering our 2019 Photographic Competition.

Rehabilitation of a female Peregrine Falcon in our National Bird of Prey Hospital™

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In August 2018, a juvenile female Peregrine Falcon arrived at our National Bird of Prey Hospital™ with puncture wounds on her head and shoulder, and extensive feather damage on both wings. She has been recovering in our hospital for some time, and has an interesting story to tell! (more…)

Get Creative for Vultures!

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Last year, we asked our visitors to get creative for International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD), encouraging all budding writers and poets amongst our followers to get in touch and share their work inspired by vultures or our work to support these endangered birds.

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Running for Raptors

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This June, the Trust’s National Bird of Prey HospitalTM Manager, Cedric Robert, will be attempting the Hampshire Hoppit Trail Marathon in a bid to raise enough money to fund the hospital for a whole month, £5,353!

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