Category Archives: Education
Next falconry tuition course
Woodlands Falconry is now taking bookings for the next Falconry tuition course which will be held on the 2nd, 9th and 16th of Febuary 2012. Subjects covered are Housing Hygiene Feeding and food preparation Health Species suitability Acquiring your first … Continue reading
Spook and the scare.
I had a bit of a scare the other day; my long-eared owl Spook decided all of a sudden to become dead. I have kept and flown many species of raptors over the years and I have to admit that … Continue reading
Woodlands Opening.
I would like to thank everyone that attended the official opening of Woodlands Falconry and Bird of Prey Centre on the 15th of November. And to all those that couldn’t make it, but sent their best wishes. The whole day … Continue reading
The Bird of Prey Centre
“Woodlands Falconry and Bird of Prey Centre” will give the general public a chance to experience beautiful Birds of Prey at close quarters. The recently re-introduced Golden Eagle and Red Kite will be on view, as well as a selection … Continue reading
New Baby
I got myself a new bird today. It’s only a baby and probably one of the ugliest birds I have ever seen. There are two types of bird babies in the world, precocial; the pretty, cute, fluffy, endearing ones, and … Continue reading
When Birds Ate Us.
Not so long ago, well a few millions years ago, there was a bird that was the absolute master of its world. Today we consider the eagle to be the ultimate predator and top of the food chain, and rightly … Continue reading
Raptors and me.
When I was a kid I used to spend my time walking the hills with the dogs. I would walk for miles along the beaches in Winter-time when no one was about, or to distant fields or any piece of … Continue reading
Falconry chat
I just happened to be out exercising a falcon some weeks back, when I noticed someone watching me from a distance. After the bird had flown and was back up and feeding on the fist, the person approached and commented … Continue reading
The burden of weight
When I was a beginner I knew everything. Now as I learn more about falconry I realise just how little I do know. Falconry, I read, had not changed in thousands of years. I enjoyed reading about the different aspects … Continue reading
A good beginner’s bird
‘Hello, my name is …………, I want to get into falconry and I was half thinking of getting a ……. (in this space put anything from a bat falcon to a lammergeyer), but, the only birds available seem to be … Continue reading