We have enjoyed another busy year with new birds and animals joining our collection along with the rescued birds and animals that are all released when fit enough. Some new aviaries have been built for the larger birds giving them more flying space More aviaries are in the planning stage but it is finding time and decent weather to be able to complete these. we hope to have new aviaries for the European Eagle Owls that were rescued last year and also for the Barn owls that are our permanent residents.

We do not just take in injured owls and birds of prey but a variety of wildlife what ever needs our help. A young magpie was caught by a cat it had a deformed foot and we wondered if it would be able to go back to the wild. It was just a few weeks old when collected and had to be hand fed a number of times a day, a plastic chopstick was ideal as the youngster thought this was its mum's beak and so took food from it willingly. As she grew and was able to feed herself she was moved to a outdoor cage where after a few days we were able to leave the door open and she could come and go as she pleased. Her foot became stronger with use as did her wings and soon she was independent enough to make her own way in the world.

Our local vets gave us a call after he had to put a mother hedgehog down and asked us to take in the orphan babies they were very under weight but took to the substitute milk well. Over the next few days we gained a few more orphans from different places unfortunately not all were strong enough to survive but the ones that have are doing well and putting on weight when they are big enough they will be released.

Our red squirrels have bred this year with mixed luck. We had a lovely female bay born early in the season that we named “Princess” but in the summer she got an infection and died. “Lizzy” the mother had another baby who has just left the nest for the first time he is black in colour and we have called him “Bertie” and he is doing well gaining his independence and growing daily.

We had some really good news from one of our customers who purchased 30 large barn owls boxes two years ago They have had an 80% take up rate with each pair producing on average two to three chicks. They are so pleased they have decided to extend the project with another 20 boxes which we hope will soon have residents.