tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61920533153398607802024-03-06T20:01:49.958+00:00JPJ's WeblogJemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.comBlogger435125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-89484946896631075372022-07-29T10:35:00.001+01:002022-07-29T10:35:19.980+01:00<p> I keep wanted to be able to write and tell everyone that the house is sold and my worries are over. But it is still not sold. I am confident that it will but the various problems I have had with the buyer would not be believed if I told you. Plus if I think about it all my blood pressure goes through the roof, which is not good for me.</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuCliCKQGVy6aixMtzeF_3_9d553j4H0tjxJR4sL_l8ntyLHrJwOCUHggd3aG8meMFPxD0Mf_Y3HYqSZ4Mk-PQqdvolqao0gh0Q5pbXjy9bM6sdeOa9mHZIPX-_6OA7Cel16JkEc_xOO0tm20Ye5A5FgpcjTBcHsP-6FC9AcgpRiSmhCyfcpEnwt_/s4032/IMG_2327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuCliCKQGVy6aixMtzeF_3_9d553j4H0tjxJR4sL_l8ntyLHrJwOCUHggd3aG8meMFPxD0Mf_Y3HYqSZ4Mk-PQqdvolqao0gh0Q5pbXjy9bM6sdeOa9mHZIPX-_6OA7Cel16JkEc_xOO0tm20Ye5A5FgpcjTBcHsP-6FC9AcgpRiSmhCyfcpEnwt_/s320/IMG_2327.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess who!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Things are moving slowly with the house I am buying. I did a pre planning application which I am delighted to say had a good result. So we should be fine on building the very smart breeding barn for Hen Harriers. I am excited about that and now just need to find someone to come and work with me for the next ten years to breed and release Hen Harriers in Southern England.</p><p>Today six of the nine birds still left for that are going to the vulture conservation centre in Wales run by Holly and Adam are going. So more empty aviaries, but we are taking some of the mesh so that I at least save that cost on the six new aviaries I have to build to house the remaining birds (not Hen Harriers). The amount of food I have to get out each day will decrease again! That will upset the dogs as they like to help with feeding round and having titbits.</p><p>I still have one Lanner to find a home for, otherwise all the birds are in their new homes. I have a list of where they all are and if anyone wants to go and see them, drop me an email. They are spread about across the country!</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWHqv3TBVh-rxJ5bQrS_panCB4XSrdj7ShAKp8AOMaCalNnTdVozQ5RsW6NFMiivvbqcgGkjHszLsTd7OAYzfcs8HVrGIQPL0m-b7I0JgMaO-U51JvnfaWULl3XjuUJOFNJnOcmsyB_Q4tt47rDGRphcSWl8sk7W4XcjMOTMMAEURebHSVR69vvqC/s4032/IMG_2289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWHqv3TBVh-rxJ5bQrS_panCB4XSrdj7ShAKp8AOMaCalNnTdVozQ5RsW6NFMiivvbqcgGkjHszLsTd7OAYzfcs8HVrGIQPL0m-b7I0JgMaO-U51JvnfaWULl3XjuUJOFNJnOcmsyB_Q4tt47rDGRphcSWl8sk7W4XcjMOTMMAEURebHSVR69vvqC/w301-h226/IMG_2289.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arthur's Seat<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I have to say that this drought is worrying, many of my plants and trees are looking a bit miserable and my Indian Horse Chestnut tree has failed to have viable conkers for two years now. And while I am thinking of it, what is wrong with grey squirrels brains, they have again taken every single hazel nut from my tree and not one of them had any nuts as it is far too early. They obviously do not learn from experience.</p><p>I drove up to Edinburgh via Yorkshire the week before last. I dropped off the last brood of Hen Harriers, to the release aviary on a grey and chilly moor, and then drove on up the A1 to Edinburgh - what a vile road. I am not doing that again. The M6 route is far easier. I went up because one sister lives in Edinburgh and my other sister was over from New York and my brother over from New <br />Zealand. It was the first time in 20 years that we were all in the same place - amazing. We did some lovely walks and went up Arthur's Seat although not to the top as there were too many people up there for me. We did however hear some young Peregrines on the cliff face.</p><p>My brother and I drove back on that dangerously hot day. We left at 5.30 to miss the worst of the heat and did manage fine. Although getting out of the car into over like heat was a shock to the system.</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNPV2o3wBN3RquzaIH-_lNvT-fFHXoE1O2heIjaOHAnjxK9LlMYfMAcI6j6E-CZmejb5MTE_JkQ3DIx27kHofcCa2QMzPyRq6lCxcVDoxX36ADaWLzGmtrWl6OMew-DlL_PP3pSVLy9ReYmCFU7bnyERELXN-Vxf2ejKbC5ymekwJwEHDmYEczuPb/s4032/IMG_2282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUNPV2o3wBN3RquzaIH-_lNvT-fFHXoE1O2heIjaOHAnjxK9LlMYfMAcI6j6E-CZmejb5MTE_JkQ3DIx27kHofcCa2QMzPyRq6lCxcVDoxX36ADaWLzGmtrWl6OMew-DlL_PP3pSVLy9ReYmCFU7bnyERELXN-Vxf2ejKbC5ymekwJwEHDmYEczuPb/w320-h219/IMG_2282.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did I paddle in the Sea - of course!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I have been having an interesting time getting out of my car anyway, the door handle drove inside the door and I either had to climb out of the passenger door or use our patent door opening stick which meant open the window, put the stick (mark 2) into the door handle on the outside and push - worked a treat although I got some pretty odd looks!</p><p>So I am still here, bird numbers are down, and IF IF IF things go according to plan, I will start to move from here in September. But believe me when I say I am not holding my breath.<br /><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-31916572338851979432022-07-02T14:39:00.000+01:002022-07-02T14:39:21.045+01:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dNjtq_IcW-1psAYnqBJVr-o-SOXzl3r9hLrSeldRCK9XwbA9qqXwtuTb1WO_DWe06pmgo-gDq7X9_3Bi3WYEavHqmoSdBTuKDF4Q5ZFtWgc5rOXGv-NlcUc6XqDanl2mb-U1E2eH_4bANQvyqT8cOsU18qVpeENnhOWi7AXr51day2V1jhcGYe_G/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_6139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dNjtq_IcW-1psAYnqBJVr-o-SOXzl3r9hLrSeldRCK9XwbA9qqXwtuTb1WO_DWe06pmgo-gDq7X9_3Bi3WYEavHqmoSdBTuKDF4Q5ZFtWgc5rOXGv-NlcUc6XqDanl2mb-U1E2eH_4bANQvyqT8cOsU18qVpeENnhOWi7AXr51day2V1jhcGYe_G/s320/thumbnail_IMG_6139.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Apologies for not having written before, but I have a really good excuse! It appears that having to give up <br />the bulk of your career/passion that you have work in all your life, having to give away 99 percent of the birds you have loved all your life, seeing all the staff leave, selling this property which has been a nightmare, but it nearly d and finding and buying a new house has been a little more stressful than anticipated. - Amazing really!!
I had a haemorrhagic bleed in my brain on June 3rd. Having fed and walked the dogs, done the bird, rode my bike to the livery yard, rode a friend's horse and rode my bike home, I sat down to watch the Church Service at St Paul’s Cathedral for the Queens jubilee and my sight went peculiar. When I tried to read, I could make no sense of the words. So, phoned 999 and an ambulance came. They said I should go to hospital which I did and finally at about 12.00 midnight was admitted to hospital after blood tests and a CT scan. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQxqVRslDVDrPvrPcczHCUUPWclwTIM2UbnXsOBPj-qDFD8JYiPZo2N3dgK8UIYzDaKk5RXeGJyMIDwtMgEJqRSpfogRQRDOSwPFgITHIyBfq9fhLxZU3gWBdhDkLIt2gJfaPgQPYiFmYRxS2Zt2KuKc4WTywwnTDAlsedr2dd47yEtyId00t6Tni/s4032/IMG_2214.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQxqVRslDVDrPvrPcczHCUUPWclwTIM2UbnXsOBPj-qDFD8JYiPZo2N3dgK8UIYzDaKk5RXeGJyMIDwtMgEJqRSpfogRQRDOSwPFgITHIyBfq9fhLxZU3gWBdhDkLIt2gJfaPgQPYiFmYRxS2Zt2KuKc4WTywwnTDAlsedr2dd47yEtyId00t6Tni/s320/IMG_2214.jpg" width="240" /></a><p></p><p></p><p>After a total of two session in Hospital I am trying to keep calm and quiet - that is bloody impossible! Our volunteers, some of the staff and my neighbours have been amazing, they have taken me places as I am not allowed to drive at the moment, they have chopped up and skinned food for the birds and fed them, done the baths and aviaries and even taken the dogs for a walk as well as helping with the mowing of which there is a fair bit to do! </p><p>As well as helping with all the baby Hen Harriers that we are managing for Brood Management this year
So, there we are a very valid excuse I would say. </p><p> So where are we in finishing off.
Still trying to finish the sale of this place, which is taking tar longer than it should have done, but it nearly there now. I have found a new place very close by but am not shouting about it until it is a done deal.
We have nine vultures (three Cape vultures, two African White Backs, One Condor – Real – and one Egyptian Vultures – Cara) Holly’s two Verreaux’s Eagles and two Harris Hawks, Domino and Tork still to go to Wales when there are aviaries for them. The two young condors and Keats the White Tailed Sea Eagle are<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj_7NtMj7RA4_fG4Lt6p_TV5tGwTYzTBoTiQRTooh4VDk4RgQkXmh7EM4iq4y3x3bceiOE9S-snyfP0f9ZKwZHd9fCEdtsW-KnsbMpekbCSNpc8y-D6S0J7rqLxuZM7c46sLxSEbVB62nPSmYV0XQbukTzI1L54HDpQsq2Nw62nY-Jsl_enDkkMl5/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_6087.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpj_7NtMj7RA4_fG4Lt6p_TV5tGwTYzTBoTiQRTooh4VDk4RgQkXmh7EM4iq4y3x3bceiOE9S-snyfP0f9ZKwZHd9fCEdtsW-KnsbMpekbCSNpc8y-D6S0J7rqLxuZM7c46sLxSEbVB62nPSmYV0XQbukTzI1L54HDpQsq2Nw62nY-Jsl_enDkkMl5/s320/thumbnail_IMG_6087.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />over there already with Adam. Holly has been over with her parents in a very large very yellow van full of stuff, two falcons - Kuli and Marvel, and Flax. The falcons are staying over there. </p><p>So 13 birds to go for Wales
The six I am keeping, Hare (Indian Tawny Eagle) Hemp (Eurasian Eagle Owl) Coll (Savigny’s Eagle Owl) Corsair (Lugger) Windward (Merlin) and Pinotage (elderly Egyptian Vulture). Will all stay here until the buying of the new house is done and aviaries built for them which will hopefully be able to happen in August.
There are two kites and one African Fish Eagle still to be collected That just leaves two male Lanners to find a home for now, one is a great flyer and one is for breeding.</p><p></p><p>We are hearing great things about all the birds that have gone, particularly those who were demonstration birds here before they left us. </p><p>However the dogs hate it as there is no one here to mug for sandwiches or get stroked by, so a lot of the time they have to put up with just me.
We are now in the waiting stage of this house sale being finalised and all the stuff that needs to happen when buying a new one. Once that is done I guess we will be running around trying to finish up an clear every thing to leave it as tidy as possible before actually moving.
</p>Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-80579575065802403292022-05-21T11:39:00.000+01:002022-05-21T11:39:08.707+01:00<p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZqhvcURrLhoyx3R3k0g7vByfOu5wm4DKkZ3qPgqNiNpWeo_ELsiTQnszjamTpbipLwSJ45Eje0be73N3WpeFyXxn37SmqqdrOodWfVV1hZC34zTdEfixRWesboEk-imWEbCY6BB-lnSS-a4QXTUoIeQ4AzjPLRD7tj9Hu2kuSPn7ZpWKsIaAsCXD/s1280/Great%20greysnew%20home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZqhvcURrLhoyx3R3k0g7vByfOu5wm4DKkZ3qPgqNiNpWeo_ELsiTQnszjamTpbipLwSJ45Eje0be73N3WpeFyXxn37SmqqdrOodWfVV1hZC34zTdEfixRWesboEk-imWEbCY6BB-lnSS-a4QXTUoIeQ4AzjPLRD7tj9Hu2kuSPn7ZpWKsIaAsCXD/s320/Great%20greysnew%20home.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <i>The baby Great Greys in their new home</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Still waiting to complete on this property, which I really seriously hope will happen next week as it is all a little nerve racking. When they say that moving house is the most stressful thing you can do I can believe it. It is all made more complicated as I have to find a property that will be good for me in my old age (no comments please!) and one that will be suitable to have part hived off for the Charity so that we can do the Hen Harrier project. So many places I have looked at have great land, and outbuildings with a good chance of planning for staff accomodation house and the Hen Harrier breeding barn but the house does not work. Or the land is on a 45% slope, or the house needs a new roof - I guess that is what everyone has to deal with. A couple have either been a house to die for, or one literally on the very edge of Dartmoor but no chance of planning for the Hen Harrier stuff. Agggggggggggggghhhhhhhh!!</p><p>All the staff bar Holly and Adam have now left and are all in their new jobs, Holly and Adam are planning on leaving at the end of this month. Almost all the birds have gone to their excellent new homes, we only have Peebles who is waiting for her new aviary to be completed, Rhyme Intrinsica who goes this evening, the King Vulture who is going to Cotswold Wildlife Park and will be very happy as she is missing visitors here, and a pair of lanners who will going a bit later. </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XLVvKijShLQyvAqtj-KzVon-Wj6xMV9VBwQCLW7biE1-KYTwhSHHfxNgb05oPiVOCaknlUlC_EQLzJm3KU5O7QObOvjsR77Q4-ZB3P56WdQnqIsvm2bwAA0Vh8rz4rcc7v0FIzaqvFhS2p7132H9_t1U1LV-PKPm3iVUuXVoa1JackZV-GU6hSxi/s1280/thumbnail_image0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XLVvKijShLQyvAqtj-KzVon-Wj6xMV9VBwQCLW7biE1-KYTwhSHHfxNgb05oPiVOCaknlUlC_EQLzJm3KU5O7QObOvjsR77Q4-ZB3P56WdQnqIsvm2bwAA0Vh8rz4rcc7v0FIzaqvFhS2p7132H9_t1U1LV-PKPm3iVUuXVoa1JackZV-GU6hSxi/s320/thumbnail_image0.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hard Tackle posing in his new home</i> <br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>We have not been able to organise a place for the last female African Fish Eagle who is one of the confiscated birds as yet. Not only do we have to find a home but it has to be aproved by HM Customs who do not move quickly. I have to say I will be very glad never to take confiscated birds again, they are far more trouble than they are worth. So apart from the damn Fish Eagle, there is only one Lanner to find a home for, my beautiful Common, who used to do all my external demonstrations.</p><p>Adam is furiously rushing to Wales on a daily basis and is trying to finish off the aviaries so they can move all their birds and stuff. I believe that Holly is going through her clothes today!! That will be a mammoth task!</p><p>It is like a ghost ship here now, and by next month will just be me, the seven birds I am keeping and the dogs. A very odd feeling that will be after 55 years of the Centre being open. </p><p>I will be going up to the North of England to collect the young Hen Harriers who are going to be brood managed this year, and then up again once they are grown enough to go into the release aviary, so I will not be bored. I just have to hope that my elderly Range Rover survives another trip or two. I did think about geting a new (er) car, but think I will wait until I have moved or killed this one which will be sad as I love it. <br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBwmSsoetMNja_DSkKf12wSM9OWzmUZLDKYYZhRwNVpRqS-u-2KOu0POODwYjk9m43zYeGLlxFzx1EDlki0IQXaFnN7k5l4w3U7X9SPy-8Y4EZMNLwQBOHp2z8xHmteVV95g3FGNfOhGIPCv3o8vgFfQnRk3gPaaOyDlQ_44wtu0VVE-HgSBVwsqI/s640/IMG_3949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBwmSsoetMNja_DSkKf12wSM9OWzmUZLDKYYZhRwNVpRqS-u-2KOu0POODwYjk9m43zYeGLlxFzx1EDlki0IQXaFnN7k5l4w3U7X9SPy-8Y4EZMNLwQBOHp2z8xHmteVV95g3FGNfOhGIPCv3o8vgFfQnRk3gPaaOyDlQ_44wtu0VVE-HgSBVwsqI/s320/IMG_3949.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Young Hen Harrierrs being reared for Brood Management</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Adam got me to go into a Land Rover dealers the other day. New cars smell horrid. But although I hate to admit it I did like the new Land Rover however they are way out of my price range and anyway there is an 18 month waiting list!!! I forget which car it was but one of them lowered which would be good for the dogs, but it will all have to wait for a lottery win I suspect!! Ever onwards and upwards.....<br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-17437691098862592292022-04-17T10:42:00.000+01:002022-04-17T10:42:17.790+01:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8xHSOZPDzhNyW-1ioArkcjTs9BpsUrGX6Uv0h7t-ClIdHpHt8udX-dmr8Kt9SaR6_uVDJxXDGCTCQR93Cn0oO7fuUO-8UzwNmSKJ1P963Vk15dTMT-etISeYmkr1z-nEOt16iiHDlHMqNOjeYsxPi0lR20T1FbevSyke8jYxW4wt-GybcThnYo2b/s1024/EDJE7611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8xHSOZPDzhNyW-1ioArkcjTs9BpsUrGX6Uv0h7t-ClIdHpHt8udX-dmr8Kt9SaR6_uVDJxXDGCTCQR93Cn0oO7fuUO-8UzwNmSKJ1P963Vk15dTMT-etISeYmkr1z-nEOt16iiHDlHMqNOjeYsxPi0lR20T1FbevSyke8jYxW4wt-GybcThnYo2b/s320/EDJE7611.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Easter is here and ironically the weather is glorious, so had we been open we would have had good visitor numbers, or perhaps we would not have. The cost of fuel is so high now that I suspect that will affect how people use their cars, so maybe we would not have been busy. Still at least I don't have to worry about the weather, will the cafe cope, will people park sensibly, will the dogs behave with visitors after a long break, but nevertheless it is a very odd feeling to not be open at Easter.<p></p><p>We have just run our Easter Egg race, I hard boil eggs, we paint them and then on Easter Sunday we go down to the field with all staff and the dogs and we roll the eggs on the ground round the posts in the flying ground. Sounds easy, just roll your egg, run after it, roll again until you are round and the fastest wins. However there is a handicap in the form of the labradors, who just love the whole thing and steal the eggs as they are rolled. This year I did enough for us to each have a spare, and still with that I did not get round, Sorrel stole the last egg, and carefully carried it in her mouth - what a good girl.</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2N02YAHvvVvc8K8gSqUTF7hKM5FlLtq87XlYTO0lR3ZeSkR_wVkBYkd6i1PkLcKiFmAw8BraR5ju2I7mDWzclGBbcr4U6JUEW80lcAuJHwfmKS36ekihZJZtQJegZcNmgJYuPELQa5pIGulrLxQ0BpQX6F0XKO9Oy-OSBk9HHj6BTdACdSrMkbWj/s1000/falcon%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2N02YAHvvVvc8K8gSqUTF7hKM5FlLtq87XlYTO0lR3ZeSkR_wVkBYkd6i1PkLcKiFmAw8BraR5ju2I7mDWzclGBbcr4U6JUEW80lcAuJHwfmKS36ekihZJZtQJegZcNmgJYuPELQa5pIGulrLxQ0BpQX6F0XKO9Oy-OSBk9HHj6BTdACdSrMkbWj/s320/falcon%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cloudburst is going this coming week</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />We have more birds going next week and at the end of the week after most of the bird staff will be gone. So it will be very quiet. There is row after row of empty aviary which is not fun. </p><p>We had a film crew here yesterday - all day - filming those falcons that we have left that we are flying, and wanting to talk about falconry and the history etc. The only problem with that for me is that I have never been that interested in the history, I have always been more interested in its future. Still they bought us pizza's for lunch.</p><p>The endless looking online for the right house continues, estate agents do not put the most important things one needs in a place to find them easily. I need at least ten acres, and as I troll through the details soem don't even put the acreage and others just put - a paddock. There are also rarely plans of the whole land, or enough photos. You would think that with the easy use of the internet they would put up more photos.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjDq0Rh_OQzfow-78jBqm8edKU1_-JaakUgXHa9ZuQOnqHP0YCtUG1NemZRI18bS0DqLCs64XteqX-jd4tx4cJU9ZNGUZRjM7rcf-7CgDb2_tYc4WKMZqfVj75tz3HSNgL8PLNMISppLNMLDT1Zz_ZMMCPpWvGcuuaW7LcOoSZwnLMakln1fMjk05/s3888/IMG_7889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3888" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjDq0Rh_OQzfow-78jBqm8edKU1_-JaakUgXHa9ZuQOnqHP0YCtUG1NemZRI18bS0DqLCs64XteqX-jd4tx4cJU9ZNGUZRjM7rcf-7CgDb2_tYc4WKMZqfVj75tz3HSNgL8PLNMISppLNMLDT1Zz_ZMMCPpWvGcuuaW7LcOoSZwnLMakln1fMjk05/s320/IMG_7889.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Adam is aviary building in Wales today, getting the materials for building anything is not easy at the moment, expensive if you can find what you need and more often not available for weeks. Brexit and Covid have a lot to answer for, that and the awful Mr Putin.<p></p><p>My gardens and the field are looking lovely at the moment, but it is time to mow the lawns again!<br /><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-14306783505183623382022-04-14T12:16:00.000+01:002022-04-14T12:16:21.179+01:00<p> We are coming up to Easter and it looks like the weather will be good, which of course would have been crucial if we were still open to the public, now we are not so it sort of doesn't matter. I used to think how nice it would be to not have to worry about the weather. Now it looks like the weather is having a laugh at us and going to be lovely for all half terms, bank holidays and school holidays!!</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13e3WDOJaj5kLueLvXapNkZ49H_tDouSp650Vh3YkmTW0XxTLeFC3iPuIkF-Yd-p9pLQbiLovJgK4KqSM9-1x1aG8_Jqo5pQYUc51fqEmnyDxAq7J2dYBd_pL7nKmxb1QvHULDdBoqvyHAgH2m7o0x5ufHpPa30ntnaciHPM7ryx2TGKRyct7Fnvh/s4501/JSC_6174%20-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4501" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13e3WDOJaj5kLueLvXapNkZ49H_tDouSp650Vh3YkmTW0XxTLeFC3iPuIkF-Yd-p9pLQbiLovJgK4KqSM9-1x1aG8_Jqo5pQYUc51fqEmnyDxAq7J2dYBd_pL7nKmxb1QvHULDdBoqvyHAgH2m7o0x5ufHpPa30ntnaciHPM7ryx2TGKRyct7Fnvh/s320/JSC_6174%20-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benbecular now gone to Scotland - he'll love it<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>So how are we doing? We have had many of the birds go off to their new homes, it has been hard to see them go. Many of the people who have had them have sent photos of them safely in their new homes. </p><p>I have to say I have been dissapointed and sort of annoyed at how few of them, who have been given (and I repeat given, not sold) our stunning birds, in excellent condition and all top quality birds, but who have not bothered to properly thank us, or me. Most of these birds belong to me, not the charity and it would have been nice to get some feelings of gratitude from many of those who have had them. I know I would have been incredibly grateful if I had been gifted birds such as these. Oh well, not much I can do about it but I won't forget.<br /></p><p>We are down to less than 50 birds here bearing in mind that 26 will be going with Holly and Adam and me, so not many left to leave us, but it still hard to wave them goodbye, some of them have been a part of my life for a very long time.</p><p>Each empty aviary gets cleaned and perches removed and we are trying to move all the remaining birds into just four blocks of aviaries to make it easier to care for them.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6z8omPnSa_JyxjJD0_Hm6QTWCUgOW4xsbS-075kuo9ZsixC7sEPlsZruoyJbO_eLGpxTC22q5JY0R3pw6uz5nycUQlx-GIjZ22TcNHH91vhz3AGCYF12OJvmhvxtCL6ESktX8GGA4QkJagZRcdkXCAo6E2y6xVFAXPwNJZByjqADEzZBaLtxSkgYL/s3000/660_3229a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6z8omPnSa_JyxjJD0_Hm6QTWCUgOW4xsbS-075kuo9ZsixC7sEPlsZruoyJbO_eLGpxTC22q5JY0R3pw6uz5nycUQlx-GIjZ22TcNHH91vhz3AGCYF12OJvmhvxtCL6ESktX8GGA4QkJagZRcdkXCAo6E2y6xVFAXPwNJZByjqADEzZBaLtxSkgYL/s320/660_3229a.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scarp still to leave us after Easter<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>All the staff bar Holly, Adam and I will have left by the end of the first week in May, all going to new jobs, some of which they will see and fly bird that came from here, which will be nice for them. It also means we will know how the birds are doing I hope.</p><p>Adam spends his time rushing from here to west Wales to build aviaries for the condors and other birds that are going with them. The aviaries are looking good, but the costs are rocketing and much of the things that he needs are difficult to get hold of. Holly has been over too and hatched two vultures there who are now back with their parents, which bodes well for the future.</p><p>I seem to spend my time trolling the internet looking for a new home, it very frustrating and surprisingly tiring. Everytime I think I have found a good one there is a problem, I found a lovely place not too far from here a couple of days ago and was going to see it, and then pulling out on google maps I spotted a large chicken farm literally next door and that is too high a risk from Avian Influenza. Another I had organise to go and see in Derbyshire was again lovely, and guess what - a shooting school next door!! And then there was one today, nice house, enough land and an Airport three fields away!! aaaaaaaagggggggggggggggghhhhhhh!!</p><p>Adam and I drove down to Devon a couple of days ago, the house I wanted to look at had sold before we got there, so we looked at two others, both were typical devon houses with very low ceilings, one needed far too much doing to it to be workable at the price they were asking and the land was not level at all, the other was very small and had a pylon in on of the fields, which was a shame and I really felt for the owners in trying to sell it.</p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1b-v5mQnbTdSnN90bxgdh64GcXtJERFN0b-ClupSCudk0FhTDqWaAX3-rasYR7Xy1YgvFF2SShzGOGZO13sm9m4jLMhBoVpErqvYcdYBrmLVcRTL5jsCowmUCYVFB6bhamK2ROnuicst_JHgUoGQ4af4RRWqdw3CJjJVySXqK5WdMWuY2HEjALHSI/s4032/Image.png.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1b-v5mQnbTdSnN90bxgdh64GcXtJERFN0b-ClupSCudk0FhTDqWaAX3-rasYR7Xy1YgvFF2SShzGOGZO13sm9m4jLMhBoVpErqvYcdYBrmLVcRTL5jsCowmUCYVFB6bhamK2ROnuicst_JHgUoGQ4af4RRWqdw3CJjJVySXqK5WdMWuY2HEjALHSI/s320/Image.png.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And Five of them need even more space!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>As I want to take my baby grand piano and some of my furniture and have space for five labradors, that means that the house needs to have reason able sized rooms with ceilings higher than 5 foot 10inches, and it seems that they are difficult to find. Places with enough land are not easy either, 4 or 5 acres are common, but 10 or more are not and if they are the houses are small or pokey. I am sure the right house will come up soon - I hope so anyway!</p><p>In the meantime, spring is here, the daffs are nearly over and the bluebells are coming out in the woods. <br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-50937935959470078922022-03-27T12:41:00.003+01:002022-03-27T12:41:37.944+01:00<p> Its cold today, after the glorious weather of the last few days, its a bit on the grey and chilly side today. I had planned to mow and do some spraying, but its not that welcoming outside. Yesterday Adam and I took down all the signs in the carpark, so the hanging sign with our logo, that is safely put away and will come with me, the others all went in for recycling. The carpark looks very odd without them, but perhaps it will encourage those who come to visit that the only notice left is the one that says Closed Permanently and yes it does mean it.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Just over 30 birds have gone so far, with a good number going in the next three weeks. All that have left are settling and we have had photos from some of the people who have had them which is really nice. Viruses have been causing us a few problems though!! Either people who were due to come can caught covid and so could not come. Or they have ended up in a surveillance zone for Avian Influenza, all of which slows down the process of rehoming. It is hard to see the birds go but it will be better for those going to public facilities to have visitors seeing them again, and those going to private people are generally those who did not like the public anyway.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JQTUocMY1axkCI0YmSDvGxo2ObcFjCN8Ds8sp_Lfyh2g1feefYedvUIw5OEmMYwmGZ93D-3u9_OtLBCOtd6R6U8rOsyVfqGu2DSiSi_tCnt4mDcREp0GepJPVpy4uNcARyQ76HS0OZ6fP9t7KqX97DHSTG3Tpgt3h9jSI-H1ugvsDY4BWFkuBdvK/s3300/_BJW0121%20-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="3300" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JQTUocMY1axkCI0YmSDvGxo2ObcFjCN8Ds8sp_Lfyh2g1feefYedvUIw5OEmMYwmGZ93D-3u9_OtLBCOtd6R6U8rOsyVfqGu2DSiSi_tCnt4mDcREp0GepJPVpy4uNcARyQ76HS0OZ6fP9t7KqX97DHSTG3Tpgt3h9jSI-H1ugvsDY4BWFkuBdvK/w320-h213/_BJW0121%20-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stratosphere who will go to Helmsley this coming week<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">The dogs are of course missing visitors, or perhaps I should be more honest as I think really they are missing the scrouging of food!</p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;">Another member of bird staff has a new job and the last two are going for interviews in the next couple of weeks. April approaches quickly with Easter very late this year, we are still going to have our traditional easter egg race in the field though.</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Adam is over in Wales a lot of the time building wonderful temporary aviaries for the vultures who are going over. He hopes to get that all finished by the end of May. Holly has been going over to help with a couple of the eggs that the vultures have laid.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMPgLDfaQW-UW7_qXywV4-hWD70I9Blo-X2RifL-sm2H5WZe2a7B2duS3h9KuVTL7nGMxXCojgFdoNdJySB3XRnt719d7dQp9swg5f1S70aGKZtdPJ29HvAk8ovtCJJdgy_b1I6ygKna9Sb4yXmcUjYx8OZE4eRCgZQ2pru-3R26X_WU8ouyGrMWX/s1000/leo4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1000" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMPgLDfaQW-UW7_qXywV4-hWD70I9Blo-X2RifL-sm2H5WZe2a7B2duS3h9KuVTL7nGMxXCojgFdoNdJySB3XRnt719d7dQp9swg5f1S70aGKZtdPJ29HvAk8ovtCJJdgy_b1I6ygKna9Sb4yXmcUjYx8OZE4eRCgZQ2pru-3R26X_WU8ouyGrMWX/s320/leo4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eager and mate went today to a great home in Norfolk<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I am still looking for a new property, the exchange of contracts here I hope will happen in the next couple of weeks, and then I can be more serious about looking. There is not much on the market but I hope that will get better when more people put their properties on the market. It is really frustrating when the estate agents leave all the sold properties on their website. I am also finding that the brochures do not give you the information that you need. Views from above are really useful but rare. A plan of all the buildings would be really useful but also rare. As for the ukfarmsandland website, the damn thing crashes with monotonous regularity which is seriously frustrating.</p><p> </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9v-rkEGtcJqYVa4wCMNniNO7tXFGhrb1mXrS1COM0croodhcDq7g96BwR5-89TIWpJNwzIXsDb6LAaS6gm2Ud-jVayZGuAKqCTiCm0BycZoXciOeUBZpWN_ecqiudKjraci8J-MwkdOra5QQkQWvDTAE-iqJ4SVroXYFzTXJtpj1mz72O4daYB4Mc/s3264/IMG_1241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9v-rkEGtcJqYVa4wCMNniNO7tXFGhrb1mXrS1COM0croodhcDq7g96BwR5-89TIWpJNwzIXsDb6LAaS6gm2Ud-jVayZGuAKqCTiCm0BycZoXciOeUBZpWN_ecqiudKjraci8J-MwkdOra5QQkQWvDTAE-iqJ4SVroXYFzTXJtpj1mz72O4daYB4Mc/w150-h200/IMG_1241.JPG" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indian Chestnut, not so beautiful now<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />There is still some clearing up of tree damage since the last storm, we lost a huge branch off a sycamore tree and that hit my Indian Horse Chestnut, but we have had to wait until the ground is dry enough to take a trailer down and do the clear up.</p><p>I had thought that perhaps when I move and have a bit more time and privacy that I would grow my own vegetables, but last year Anna gave me some tomato plants, which grew really well, but only have 5 tomatos and they never went red, so I got fed up with them!</p><p> </p><p>So we move on with the next chapter, and we are all on board with what we are doing, the plan is a good one. Actually looking at the horrific price of fuel right now I doubt we would have had many people be able to afford to come, so we have by sheer chance timed it right for ICBP<br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_n2-LGchgJnnt73oFMINFjIFj8vJm2WXufBte4devTABzUOuchY4Caev67wQQIZadbJ299f97TmM2WJVMi4PKGEAYCzZQC_R8Ta8-4GzD5ckWqixF1UPlimo5wuKevWvPi8ib8jJ6TOiu7K8soFNXHviaRZMl-2UghAoAfJF0X4tMYDDzOoLOdv7Y/s3264/IMG_1247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_n2-LGchgJnnt73oFMINFjIFj8vJm2WXufBte4devTABzUOuchY4Caev67wQQIZadbJ299f97TmM2WJVMi4PKGEAYCzZQC_R8Ta8-4GzD5ckWqixF1UPlimo5wuKevWvPi8ib8jJ6TOiu7K8soFNXHviaRZMl-2UghAoAfJF0X4tMYDDzOoLOdv7Y/w200-h150/IMG_1247.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not successful tomato plants - never again!!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-71610936188708574202022-03-17T12:43:00.002+00:002022-03-17T12:43:18.440+00:00<p> <!--[if !mso]>
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</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>How Things Are
Going At ICBP</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For those of you who have contacted us to see how the future
is looking for ICBP, many thanks it is lovely to know that you care.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The process of closing the Centre is done,we finished all
the owl evenings, and completed a further month of experience days. The rest we
had to cancel and refund the finances because if we had run all of them we
would have still be doing them in October and we could not afford to do that. Don't forget though, this is not the end of ICBP, but just a different chapter in its long life! </p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7QRCCAeUajVswWvtbXyaSGIkIAdsQM-SgBOkB4nkdbFDGY6lOGr_lhyjCFeY-pz476sJYLB5de_3bL2cJgs5497MSPTM2hCdLKRXUzx2iLAwP2toAM5SUcOczp3tyUJkMfukmUGdC84kKydpTI1zJCoCPG24qMyL7F0Pan0b5XIveGwKrP4UXs8AI=s1000" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7QRCCAeUajVswWvtbXyaSGIkIAdsQM-SgBOkB4nkdbFDGY6lOGr_lhyjCFeY-pz476sJYLB5de_3bL2cJgs5497MSPTM2hCdLKRXUzx2iLAwP2toAM5SUcOczp3tyUJkMfukmUGdC84kKydpTI1zJCoCPG24qMyL7F0Pan0b5XIveGwKrP4UXs8AI=w361-h240" width="361" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All the birds are well, the Avian
Influenza zone was lifted last week and so we have been able to start moving
birds. The first 14 went on Tuesday to a good friend of ours who has had birds
from us before, it was hard to see them go, but better that they get settled
quickly. Two more went today, and there are another nine going over the next
two days. We have made sure that all are going to places where their housing is
as good as here or better. We plan to have all of those who are not staying
with me or going with Holly moved and settled by the end of May at the latest.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of our bird staff is sorted out job wise and leaving in
the third week of April, the other three have all gone for interviews and will
hear soon. So it is good to know that they will find new jobs fairly easily.
Holly and Adam are staying until we have moved all bar the birds I am taking,
then they will move with all the vultures that are going with them, plus a few
other birds Holly is taking. That will be a move and a half.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br />Exactly which of the birds <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>goes with me is a moveable feast as I will
take those that we can’t rehome, either because I don’t want them to go or
because they are too old or cantankerous to find the right homes. But it will
be 8 – 10 birds I think.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The property has been sold subject to exchange of contracts.
But in case you are wondering, not as a bird of prey centre. I have done that
before and am not doing it again. The buyer has been kind enough to give me
time to finish everything here and find a new property to go to. If they love
this house and land as much as I do that will be great.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUrb7RUmD8lCn-vI3_UbSW5cNnR4_dy9WkbLcXaoxIr4L-FkVN1b_ZGT97A0RI1PshKxCcI9mrXLCLjg18dyNx8y_H4M9gKvkwwXcmKteO94LtNY38iLqqnMTJNfSd6bGK1CEnHh0oG6EEpD-9B69scoemeNmKdWbYcZJfM2ZcDAN5YmG0mVOS3Cnb=s3008" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="3008" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjUrb7RUmD8lCn-vI3_UbSW5cNnR4_dy9WkbLcXaoxIr4L-FkVN1b_ZGT97A0RI1PshKxCcI9mrXLCLjg18dyNx8y_H4M9gKvkwwXcmKteO94LtNY38iLqqnMTJNfSd6bGK1CEnHh0oG6EEpD-9B69scoemeNmKdWbYcZJfM2ZcDAN5YmG0mVOS3Cnb=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Where am I and the charity going? That is a question that
people ask me and the answer is at the moment I do not know. Until the
contracts are exchanged for this property there is no point in getting excited
about a new place. I am looking, and there are a few properties out there, but
not many at the moment. I am told that more will come onto the market once the
spring is here. I am looking in several areas and hope to find somewhere as
quickly as possible. Once I do I will let everyone know what area I and the
charity will be moving to.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So that is about it for now. We move on waiting for various
things to happen and in the meantime, care for the birds, tidy up everywhere as
we go along and get rid of things that we no longer need. We are not bored that
is for sure.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-35932452427900806992022-02-28T14:58:00.004+00:002022-02-28T14:58:48.753+00:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKVuOh7x3ds87jM58jKxeIXe2PCCGVscxX7lRACtCG3R1PZM2UPAL3_xsr0zDPb-zh_bKwnwDW_0k6CdKpkETkjuy0Hu7kk9_S7CEN35m9RqeDWIbBKyZk4REGFIr-Xj4IK_wIwK7rIHVAQAuiUjNXRHTeHSZMwGlKY8hNAQJwTuGWON6AlhhCVmh_=s480" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKVuOh7x3ds87jM58jKxeIXe2PCCGVscxX7lRACtCG3R1PZM2UPAL3_xsr0zDPb-zh_bKwnwDW_0k6CdKpkETkjuy0Hu7kk9_S7CEN35m9RqeDWIbBKyZk4REGFIr-Xj4IK_wIwK7rIHVAQAuiUjNXRHTeHSZMwGlKY8hNAQJwTuGWON6AlhhCVmh_=s320" width="213" /></a></div>I am sort of guessing that most of you will have learnt by now that we have closed the doors at the International Centre for Birds of Prey for the last time to the general public. BUT this is not the end of ICBP, the charity, the conservation work that we do or me.... oh no!<br /><p></p><p>Actually I suspect that few of our visitors really know what conservation work we do because we have never been very good at boasting about it. But we should have boasted, and we should be proud of the conservation work that we have done and will still be doing.</p><p>I have had so many emails and messages since we put out the notice that we were closing. As far as I know, bearing in mind that I don't actually follow facebook or twitter or whatever, but as far as I have been told, there has not been one unpleasant comment. Which is not only very nice and heart warming, but very different from some of the appalling comments put on things like the falconry forum when I came back from the US. For those of you lovely people who put the unpleasant ones up - I still have them and will eventually find<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9AjVVSWkhwlhOhji8Y-_FP-5Jgk2ZRZZ2mOGHr8zRwJ2yLnQFEfm9lrp2njai-fS8aU9B1wj88UU78wY1EZkwSdIOWrI2g2K5MG6I4Urzi-YzgTYRJqpBXF2-SvL6ByCTDZpn6Zf5E30ofu28xohWiCIdinRfWx9KEZonrMqbzHw3VzXoMwjxl6Dd=s480" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="367" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9AjVVSWkhwlhOhji8Y-_FP-5Jgk2ZRZZ2mOGHr8zRwJ2yLnQFEfm9lrp2njai-fS8aU9B1wj88UU78wY1EZkwSdIOWrI2g2K5MG6I4Urzi-YzgTYRJqpBXF2-SvL6ByCTDZpn6Zf5E30ofu28xohWiCIdinRfWx9KEZonrMqbzHw3VzXoMwjxl6Dd=w210-h274" width="210" /></a><br />out who you are!!!</p><p>I have been proud to hear from so many people who having been here regularly, volunteered here or worked here who said that the Centre changed their lives and their direction in life. That is great to know. I am proud of the work done with thousands of injured wild birds of prey that have come through the hospital here and many have had a second chance back in the wild. I am proud of the educational work that we have done in the last almost 55 years, and known that many of our visitors have left with a far greater appreciation of birds of prey. I am proud of the work that we have done and will still be doing in India and Nepal on Vulture Conservation. I am proud of all the various conservation projects we have helped all over the world. And I am proud that we will be continuing much of the more private work on into the future in the charity.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmN9acnKRtwjCKGJcc98sIvsKUtQi13T2wG3B3KPD7cFbXJoWCa1jSJeSJ2Dw8JUsuG723I6H3Zw2egu9AJIUU_thX4pJc4JsoP7ylfbLfkmIMoE6raA3SnjrS2OD2PYQ9aL0iyLjEDnJ1u8CfJReZjtYO9MXsw629Xh2fUhb60Ep9FBHMqt3RXoR7=s639" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="639" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmN9acnKRtwjCKGJcc98sIvsKUtQi13T2wG3B3KPD7cFbXJoWCa1jSJeSJ2Dw8JUsuG723I6H3Zw2egu9AJIUU_thX4pJc4JsoP7ylfbLfkmIMoE6raA3SnjrS2OD2PYQ9aL0iyLjEDnJ1u8CfJReZjtYO9MXsw629Xh2fUhb60Ep9FBHMqt3RXoR7=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I am very proud of the way the staff are dealing with us closing and the amazing volunteers who are sad and dissapointed that we will no longer be here in about six months, but who are prepared still to come and help us, even down to the last few birds.</p><p>Most of the staff have already applied for new jobs and we have had a number of people ask if they are available! Many of the birds have been offered new homes and once we are out of the surveillance zone we will get them settled in their new homes. Adam and Holly are getting organised for the move to Wales and the vultures will go with them. I now have to find a new property that will fit the bill so that I, the dogs, about 10 birds, hopefully a new and safe horse (!) - a smaller one!! can have a good life, continue some conservation breeding programmes that we are involved in and have less pressure as well. I will have one member of staff to help me, who I hope will not mind caring for the dogs if I have to go abroad. Not found him or her yet either!<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkFCWFYjleiJeLKYkeZIjmjQXcVwVZWRUrOi4U3GR44iyA2AFyHU7-hmD93gSvcZcWqSegnVrm4qMDGVDObVLGa1rCx3uva68R7c1852s5c68yuXroYos6A6VM-TS1ie_Cm9IyW8QDHk5I7G5HVygPu-eD_3tKmYNoXv_7OkKq-7VHakMjW-J1lxK6=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkFCWFYjleiJeLKYkeZIjmjQXcVwVZWRUrOi4U3GR44iyA2AFyHU7-hmD93gSvcZcWqSegnVrm4qMDGVDObVLGa1rCx3uva68R7c1852s5c68yuXroYos6A6VM-TS1ie_Cm9IyW8QDHk5I7G5HVygPu-eD_3tKmYNoXv_7OkKq-7VHakMjW-J1lxK6=w253-h190" width="253" /></a></div><p></p><p>So things are moving on. I am just looking forward to getting some of this done so I can actually have a nights sleep that does not start at 4.00am!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-4300541518741148612022-02-09T13:09:00.003+00:002022-02-09T13:09:49.631+00:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFgdY6kvRtuR0T8q8aVnMI6w6BZMkICeKwUTkEVxg3a0vyPlPaCy-2sxySMBXreIvZz0pf54vFST2pTA7FY4Zu0gjwOCEa3bD2QV0o6sJy8FvSpKxaO6YFp92A8Kl1B4bQoyKURiYaoJxb79fnctKuL4msEdnnbtCcVYaXULHjEtdmaBJCzSKAogHu=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFgdY6kvRtuR0T8q8aVnMI6w6BZMkICeKwUTkEVxg3a0vyPlPaCy-2sxySMBXreIvZz0pf54vFST2pTA7FY4Zu0gjwOCEa3bD2QV0o6sJy8FvSpKxaO6YFp92A8Kl1B4bQoyKURiYaoJxb79fnctKuL4msEdnnbtCcVYaXULHjEtdmaBJCzSKAogHu=s320" width="320" /></a></div> I am glad to be back, I should have kept up with this blog and just have not either got round to it or had time. Its four years, where does the time go?<p></p><p>Life has changed so much in the last few years, not just because of Covid, although that has had a huge effect. As for Brexit, what a travesty, and I wonder how many people now regret either not voting or voting to go without understanding the results!</p><p> So apart from Brexit and Covid, what else has happened, we have had two Cafe managers, both of whom now have other jobs, one because of Covid and one because he did not drive and so getting to work was pretty tricky. We have had a number of different bird staff, these days people tend not to stay long in jobs. I was talking to a friend of mine who runs a company of over a hundred employees and he said the same thing. People do about two years and then move on. It is a hugely different philosophy than it was when I was younger. 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North America, Africa, Portugal, Spain, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Scotland and
England. Much was learnt and discussed, and the workshop although not a money
making venture, continued the work of putting ICBP on the world map for
conservation. During the workshop, Benbecula the Steller’s Sea-eagle went AWOL,
his telemetry came off and we were reliant on Facebook to get sightings,
although you would think that an eagle that size (huge) would be easily
spotted. However after chasing many fruitless reports, we finally got a good
report and he was seen sitting on the winners post at Chepstow Racecourse! He
was very pleased to see Holly when they got there.</p>
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<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxzfzuPoEkAQFw0mI3hYDdSCa75Sng6xDcA0FGCVaIG3ti3Pp-ltzqqou0bxfyjc6CkWL_P97tT8GQlF94aa_xulemLKavniT1O9_pQ2HT3WkMHanl4zF_ldZS9feyTw1uQfWyU6QLhfXyDWp7UmswnmLus00mn-IPEZNF8PrqdBTdWhhvsD1pFOt4=s2351" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2351" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxzfzuPoEkAQFw0mI3hYDdSCa75Sng6xDcA0FGCVaIG3ti3Pp-ltzqqou0bxfyjc6CkWL_P97tT8GQlF94aa_xulemLKavniT1O9_pQ2HT3WkMHanl4zF_ldZS9feyTw1uQfWyU6QLhfXyDWp7UmswnmLus00mn-IPEZNF8PrqdBTdWhhvsD1pFOt4=s320" width="320" /></a></div>We had our five yearly Zoo inspection in November 2018 and then the three yearly one in 2021. We passed both without too much to get done. They get harder and as I write we are now awaiting the new Secretary of States Standards in Zoos, which will go out to consultation once DEFRA get them out. I doubt if anything we say in the consultation will be taken any notice of because it never has been. It <br /><br />looks like tethering birds in zoos is likely to be banned. If it is across the board and we are not allowed to tether parent reared birds for training purposes it will be a disgrace because trying to train parent reared birds free lofted is far far more stressful for the bird. I don't know who the 'experts' were who have decided this, but there is no doubt at all that they are not expert in training birds of prey.<p></p><p>We closed for Covid along with everyone else, but managed to get most of the Owl Evenings done. However at the end of last year (2021) we did have to cancel the last one because our cafe manager came down with Covid. We have changed the format to a much better one, but then had to change it again because of Avian Influenza which has been the worst outbreak the country has known.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4MA18yYUVTiPVgcARk771K0Q-BuA7eLXmzmoRty0D66qI1ExQOUeHFaO-b-RmCvUCahstDRh8wbtGbaoeTQsPb6qyxc_WvDUm-y3C3VjBNjJ0YYBoVcV7kuhZ8dvBGKem-mv3hKVWELfQxaZeXJt59ZTSaOtY1gBGXUr2bgROdPyBU4fO4TaCDv-g=s2821" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2821" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4MA18yYUVTiPVgcARk771K0Q-BuA7eLXmzmoRty0D66qI1ExQOUeHFaO-b-RmCvUCahstDRh8wbtGbaoeTQsPb6qyxc_WvDUm-y3C3VjBNjJ0YYBoVcV7kuhZ8dvBGKem-mv3hKVWELfQxaZeXJt59ZTSaOtY1gBGXUr2bgROdPyBU4fO4TaCDv-g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Because of the AI for the last two winters we have had to stop taking in injured wild birds of prey, which is really hard to do, I hate turning them away, but the risk to the collection is too high.</p><p>I have not travelled anywhere since 2020. I did go to the Raptor Research Foundation Conference in South Africa in November 2018, which was good and I travelled to India and Nepal as usual, and again in 2019, but have gone nowhere abroad since for obvious reasons. I suspect that those conservation trips will probably start again this year (2022).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7qLYoES4vAONlxVfNLRyTAojC2VozcG7w83NPRoWrU9qHikaJFIBaWaiXe2snE6IpkCgVCOO8q4DLxXaL_qJisG7cqZ4oiYUdxrdmNdYYNUrqQ-e9k0eyUOXtGXGeeVvdlPJej3jLlcQmQxWhxIlLxL-KL9drWzB_4KyQDC9PNnYKqubSUBKMjiOL=s4920" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3637" data-original-width="4920" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7qLYoES4vAONlxVfNLRyTAojC2VozcG7w83NPRoWrU9qHikaJFIBaWaiXe2snE6IpkCgVCOO8q4DLxXaL_qJisG7cqZ4oiYUdxrdmNdYYNUrqQ-e9k0eyUOXtGXGeeVvdlPJej3jLlcQmQxWhxIlLxL-KL9drWzB_4KyQDC9PNnYKqubSUBKMjiOL=s320" width="320" /></a></div>Over the last four years we have lost a few birds, we had all our Pigmy Falcons die, we still have not discovered the reason, but I suspect a virus coming in with the food. Last year my beautiful Red Kite Muckle Roe dropped dead in the air while I was flying her. A good way for her to go but a hell of a shock for me. This year we lost Karis my beloved and amazing Saker Falcon whom many people has seen in his spectacular stoops, and Lambrusco our second oldest Yellow Billed Kite. We also lost our lovely Barn Owl which was a big loss for us all. We do now have a lovely pair of Secretary Birds who I hope will breed.<br /><p></p><p>We did a number lectures at Malvern Theatre in '18 and '19 thanks to Nic Lloyd, they were pretty good and it was incredibly kind of his to host them.</p><p>But we did have to cancel the last six day falconry course because of Covid, we have not done one since either. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVWwgkkqMlIZ0jWtwpulKu2sZC0vWNejdfQKZEZExClOXx4ueqvclcLBH4RovresiLIX7HtxysGmPLDXWiUD6Zj-Ywv3EQcMWWFPtsk63rAtQ4EaCek9Jjkp_H_fR8AYkypFNilhx9CM_5mRhmyk2t2nEIpVVVNMPJ-TLhOlGl3rsJTm1XYyep5jiM=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVWwgkkqMlIZ0jWtwpulKu2sZC0vWNejdfQKZEZExClOXx4ueqvclcLBH4RovresiLIX7HtxysGmPLDXWiUD6Zj-Ywv3EQcMWWFPtsk63rAtQ4EaCek9Jjkp_H_fR8AYkypFNilhx9CM_5mRhmyk2t2nEIpVVVNMPJ-TLhOlGl3rsJTm1XYyep5jiM=s320" width="240" /></a></div>We made some big changes to the Centre during Covid, we moved the Cafe to the shop so it was more accessible to people passing by. We had no shop for a while but moved some of to the Pavillion in the flying field last summer. We have reduced the collection, sending five vultures to Bulgaria one Saker falcon and four Lesser Kestrels for their conservation breeding programmes. Five of our African White-backed vultures have gone to a lovely huge aviary at Longleat. We have enlarged a number of the aviaries which look great and give the birds more room and have emptied Barn 2 which needs to be taken down.<br /><p></p><p>We moved on almost all the birds from the Lendrum case (illegal birds brought in as eggs from South Africa). And we have had to cut back on the breeding because it is much more difficult to find good homes for the young and so it is wrong to try and breed them.</p><p>I think that gets you all pretty much up to date. We did lose a beautiful and very old Turkey Oak in <br />storm Arwen. It had been condemned by the tree survey man, but I still hated to see it down. Luckily it did not do too much damage and our insurers the NFU have been brilliant about it.</p><p>All the dogs are well except that Sorrel has dog dementia which means she barks alot and gets confused easily. But otherwise apart from Flax deciding she wanted to live to Holly instead of me, they are well.</p><p><br /> <br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-49363866281904045402018-04-15T17:59:00.002+01:002018-04-15T17:59:31.511+01:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQWE5kS34xoUn1l33x6p3rBERfi_AtM59Yj57pDQc6KBzB39WKUgFQ2WMSu6a_RXlT4zufG7OV4e8b4L9DU1hLEF6dYxcGXzLyPrd2wVFmCcTunVWpGL_Pf-mGj1TnkhVOchSCtn_EPQ/s1600/IMG_3061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQWE5kS34xoUn1l33x6p3rBERfi_AtM59Yj57pDQc6KBzB39WKUgFQ2WMSu6a_RXlT4zufG7OV4e8b4L9DU1hLEF6dYxcGXzLyPrd2wVFmCcTunVWpGL_Pf-mGj1TnkhVOchSCtn_EPQ/s320/IMG_3061.JPG" width="320" /></a>So did I actually put let's think of Spring - think is about right because sure as hell we are not having it! I can honestly say I can't remember a worse Easter in terms of weather and that of course means in terms of visitors as well. Actually Easter Monday weather wise was not that bad here, but of course the weather forcast did not help, so they did not come out. I think we have seen the sun on one day so far in April, which is a little depressing to say the least.<br />
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However the cafe is going well and Jimmy is doing some great food, not quite so sure about the very violet cake! but the other cakes are to die for. Karen is getting the office work sorted out and woe betide anyone who spends too much! Rachel is coping well with the marketing even though the weather is not helping. SHe moves onto fund raising when we have a little more time and visitors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back on duty flying brilliantly!</td></tr>
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Our new bird staff member Jonas from Germany is excellent, a very good worker and lovely to be <br />
around, and knows one end of a hammer from the other, which these days is a rarity!<br />
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Our volunteers are just amazing, we have a great group who work really hard, bring in fantastic cakes and are a joy to be around, I do not know what we would do without them. Having said that Pippa who organises them all is off on holiday to Canada for two weeks, we hope she has a good time and are looking forward to the holiday snaps!<br />
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Iit may however, be time for a rant, and I am afraid you are right - yes - yet again it is BT better known not as British Telecom, but instead Bloody Terrible. I don't know who looks at their business plan but I am pretty convinced that it would be much cheaper for them and certainly mean they had to be deal with less complains if they put fibre to our village. The amount of times that their engineers are here or somewhere else along our line beggars belief. There is no way it makes either good business sense or is financially viable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also back on Duty!</td></tr>
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We have a thing round here called Fastershire - its a joke, apparently everywhere apart from us is getting better access to the internet, but most definitely we are not. And the problem is that our phones, our internet, our card machines - the whole flaming lot are reliant on an internet connection, which goes down or fails with monotonous regularity and particularly at weekends and bank <br />
holidays.<br />
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We moved to Microsoft 365 (I think you all know what I think about that) so everything is now on the cloud and therefore safe - yup it is definitely safe, I can't get at it!! The cloud is only any good if you have internet access to the cloud, otherwise it is about as much use as a sick headache - which is not a lot.<br />
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Ah well, ever onwards and upwards I guess (and hope!). I keep doing the lottery anyway.<br />
<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-37169774463105605902018-03-19T15:10:00.001+00:002018-03-19T15:10:51.820+00:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So lets think of spring!</td></tr>
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I believe that I stupidly said at the start of this very long winter that with global warming we might not see snow again - huh! How wrong can you be. Three times we have had snow, the first lot was when we were closed and we did not have the bitter east wind with it, so it was significantly <br />
pleasanter than the other falls, plus we were closed, so it did not matter as much. We probably had about 6 inches then. The second lot was after what seemed like weeks of bitter east wind coming up the field, so not only was the ground well frozen, but the driving wind gave us some impressive drifts and we had to close for a couple of days because no one could get here including staff! This lot and I hope the last for this winter came on another bitter east wind, but not quite so much and not drifting in the same way, so we were able to stay open. I was sorry not to see our photographers though! We saved birds for you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not yorkley but the same colour!</td></tr>
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During the second fall we did fly some birds, I tried Yorkley - that was on the friday morning, he had <br />
a nice time out, until about 2.45am on Tuesday morning!! However he flew well in the snow yesterday and did come back! My Kite stole my hat on the second fall, it will not recover and is full <br />
of holes.<br />
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The incubation course went well, we had about 15 people on it and Holly worked very hard with over 400 chicken eggs so that people could look at development. Our own eggs are starting to hatch, we have three luggers, and other eggs due in the next couple of weeks, it is nice to have chicks for Easter.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSSXn0ypoSjNvuKTTK3UfZaFlw8Fo73BE1FXmmED5s3g_0956hV7CjlH7oINijeO412CdKyiu4Vk75iBKhRAKdW59QDvoWUxUiXVxRM1j8W0LkvHOXuuR4gERLMyZKDmxmf7SdoW0VSA/s1600/IMG_2995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSSXn0ypoSjNvuKTTK3UfZaFlw8Fo73BE1FXmmED5s3g_0956hV7CjlH7oINijeO412CdKyiu4Vk75iBKhRAKdW59QDvoWUxUiXVxRM1j8W0LkvHOXuuR4gERLMyZKDmxmf7SdoW0VSA/s320/IMG_2995.JPG" width="320" /></a>We have got a good flying team going, Benbecula continues to improve, I have a merlin (Hadar) going loose, but the weather has put a stop to her until the snow goes, similarly Datura went loose on Wednesday but again with the weather I have not been able to have him loose again yet. I will not be sorry to see the back of the snow - it really does hold up a ton of things here. Hopefully the goshawk will not take long to get going either. So plenty of birds to fly and work with - and for you to photograph.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmKuEANNbfah2-DvnFl3TzgDWDP0Ay4Q3Ye0tqyNIX64Tsojso4yRpR4dErasMIJTX6q1JKiXizmu2YbMbnha80e-HGa_-yq3BIo8PlultnGjV6ec_XNpZIB5rsAqeQ0sP60Ql-oj5EE/s1600/IMG_3055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmKuEANNbfah2-DvnFl3TzgDWDP0Ay4Q3Ye0tqyNIX64Tsojso4yRpR4dErasMIJTX6q1JKiXizmu2YbMbnha80e-HGa_-yq3BIo8PlultnGjV6ec_XNpZIB5rsAqeQ0sP60Ql-oj5EE/s320/IMG_3055.JPG" width="320" /></a>My poor daffodils are looking very sad, although it is amazing how they recover. However the back lawn looks more like the battle of the Somme because we are having to have a<br />
new water pipe in all the way from the meter through by the house to the weighing room and needless to say the weather has not helped. It will be months before it recovers.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXL-WtssNI3XcVIqtKkFcbJBUaNbQ5eDBU9XM13OX2STxJGH2aHA5NMFnQv2x2cCjmGCO5Isc8nqaqviMkXA27aNfMaE9EfrHr67i8ezVVUacJizd68CO5vLM8qsQ4x3rQ_SjpnsIt1U/s1600/IMG_3061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXL-WtssNI3XcVIqtKkFcbJBUaNbQ5eDBU9XM13OX2STxJGH2aHA5NMFnQv2x2cCjmGCO5Isc8nqaqviMkXA27aNfMaE9EfrHr67i8ezVVUacJizd68CO5vLM8qsQ4x3rQ_SjpnsIt1U/s320/IMG_3061.JPG" width="320" /></a>The little black puppy has now gone and Flax is joining the team outside on occasion, I have to say most of the birds do not like her, but hopefully they will get used to her. Some I suspect will not! She is charming though and getting very good at coffee time when they all<br />
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Easter is on its way come and see what we have done in the cafe, try the food, watch the birds and we will look forward to seeing you. <br />
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<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-71712788576771900032018-02-05T09:27:00.001+00:002018-03-13T09:12:43.943+00:00Well here we are open to the visitors again, January over, no more free weekends until December, but its good to be open again.<br />
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I have not managed to get Yorkly on one yet though, we had a black plastic bag blow away aind get caught in one of the oak trees by the pond - it was there for four days before we managed to get it and Yorkly refused point blank to fly while it was there!<br />
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All the birds are flying well, Benbecula was spectacular yesterday, we were nice and busy and he <br />
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flew right over to Stallions Hill and then came back. Having the top half of Danny's Wood felled has as we had hoped made a huge difference to the flying as it opens up the field again. I plan on getting one of the Merlins out soon to fly again. I had planned on getting my Hobby out but she laid eggs last year so fingers crossed she might breed this year.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguavXu_mATc28h4xdS0MYNkLKCUUcl9OVMiPazRDhhyuRC0nVo45HnEo0tyXrzUI3DyajAfsG4R58xW3tKK7w0tTM1sIEKc25YQSPNBwYeQraXInqiCfRtL1Zrb1uTpyg12NysVCfVOpI/s1600/IMG_2160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguavXu_mATc28h4xdS0MYNkLKCUUcl9OVMiPazRDhhyuRC0nVo45HnEo0tyXrzUI3DyajAfsG4R58xW3tKK7w0tTM1sIEKc25YQSPNBwYeQraXInqiCfRtL1Zrb1uTpyg12NysVCfVOpI/s320/IMG_2160.JPG" width="320" /></a>The Griffon Vultures have laid as have the Lugger falcons so the breeding season is upon us again. We are running an incubation course with Susie Kasielke from the US this month as well so there is plenty to do.<br />
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The cafe is looking wonderful, it is just needing the finishing touches now to make it work seamlessly. We were very busy in there yesterday it being the first weekend and reasonably nice weather on the Sunday, so Jimmy, our new cafe manager had a baptism of fire! But he managed really well and now understands about the lunchtime rush. I had a go at putting the cream on the hot chocolate too - that could have been a disaster but luckily it was not.<br />
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It was lovely to see the members again and the dogs are delighted that we are up and running again. They hate the two months closed as it means there is noone to scrounge food from. They all lost weight (purposefully I might add) but I suspect it will go back on again soon.<br />
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The puppies are well, growing like mad, Shasta hates them, I think the rest will be OK with them. It will be time for the boy to go soon (I would like to keep him!) and then Flax will come out and join the team officially.<br />
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<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-54658090266468929182018-01-04T07:51:00.001+00:002018-01-04T07:51:37.103+00:00Apart from the Millennium, I have not stayed up to see in the New Year, it seems to manage to get there without my participating - amazingly. So I had no intention of seeing out 2017 and in 2018. However circumstances changed and I saw in 2018, in fact I did not go to bed at all that night because Briza decided to have puppies early.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHpbU_rm2UkSwszXvDfTOYOxrmQRD_PvF7V5VEMlG2RcJqVOu1yX3Ls_AdARqdsObYalAx8JJrfHaUi60uTm1Uzd_NFqynGx4rXwmpBbZfSqhnMA1tcmW1FP-0NQRs6oSUHFwwgBjYe0/s1600/Jan1st2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHpbU_rm2UkSwszXvDfTOYOxrmQRD_PvF7V5VEMlG2RcJqVOu1yX3Ls_AdARqdsObYalAx8JJrfHaUi60uTm1Uzd_NFqynGx4rXwmpBbZfSqhnMA1tcmW1FP-0NQRs6oSUHFwwgBjYe0/s320/Jan1st2018.jpg" width="320" /></a>They were due on January 2nd, but no, she went for a more memorable date. So she and I spent the whole night in my office taking her outside, at her insistence, about every twenty minutes. Luckily the first half of the night was not too cold and it was a clear and reasonably light night, rain came towards the end making the chasing her round the garden less fun.<br />
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To make sure I did not lose her I had taped one of the bird's radio transmitters to her collar earlier that day, the little green flashing light made it much easier to keep an eye on a black dog in the dark. No pups arrived through the somewhat disturbed and exhausting night. As I was feeding round over the Christmas period I fed the dogs and took them round the field as usual and then started to get food ready for the birds, constantly going back and checking on Briza. I managed to feed about half the collection, again checking her as I did. Then five ponies that are owned by some extremely irresponsible people came trotting up the road, I heard them go into the car park and the last time they did that they cut up the bank making it really difficult to mow, so I spent some time chasing them out. By the time I got back into the house, Briza had had her first puppy and it was sadly dead.<br />
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So I phoned Holly and she took over the birds while I sorted out Briza, she had become much calmer and so was quiet in her bed in my office. About an hour later the next pup arrived, I helped, but she was incredibly weak and so I was rubbing her madly trying to get her going. We managed to get a wonderful and experienced friend to come over and after about an hour the pup was still with us although definitely not strong. Pup number three arrived about an hour after the second one, a boy, double the size and very strong. By this time Briza was very tired (so was I!) We then waited, still warming and rubbing pup two, but by another three hours there was no further progress. So New Years Day, a trip to the vets, with Briza, two pups Holly and I.<br />
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She was given an injection, but there was no movement after half an hour and a scan had showed that there was at least one more live pup, so a C section was done and the last pup arrived - a large yellow girl who according to the vet, was not going to come out on her own.<br />
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Briza is well, the two large pups are doing well, the very small one survived two days and I was devastated to lose her as we thought we had got her going. So it was a tough start to the year I have buried them in the wood where Nettle two pups are buried.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6blazG9QcXzTTpsSzxXGaCRF7tQgBxOFDIzHgDPgkIHMMghvI_DYG7UeDOC0iZYlrLpQeFo6HuBB24sv2KehKwq6q4GepMvumTB3sqA9Bpc5kUIY0w_X0ETlsb1qbw-KVoBEL97fwDY/s1600/IMG_2160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6blazG9QcXzTTpsSzxXGaCRF7tQgBxOFDIzHgDPgkIHMMghvI_DYG7UeDOC0iZYlrLpQeFo6HuBB24sv2KehKwq6q4GepMvumTB3sqA9Bpc5kUIY0w_X0ETlsb1qbw-KVoBEL97fwDY/s320/IMG_2160.JPG" width="320" /></a>Instead of having to worry about Briza producing on the 2nd, I was able to help Adam and Holly start work on the cafe. We had to get the old units out as we are putting in stainless steel ones. Well one thing led to another and eventually the whole of the kitchen and serving area disappeared!! So we have rather more work to get it all done by the 19th of this month for the first Owl Evening. It had to be done though and will be much nicer and easier to work in for the staff and far better for the visitors<br />
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I am delighted to say that we have just hired a new cafe manager and ironically he worked at Beechinghurst, which is where Angela was before coming to us. I am sure he will be as good, it will be a joy not to have to worry about it all again, James will run it well and we are looking forward to him joining us.<br />
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Now all we have to do is get the cafe up and running again, so if there is a good carpenter out there who would like to be in the warm and dry next week and has nothing to do - Let me know.<br />
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I love the winter, but I am looking forward now to spring and my daffodils are already coming up. <br />
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<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-68226263621051135082017-12-27T13:10:00.002+00:002018-01-07T08:03:52.357+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVgcXoGuSJu4eSNwH8dBbdyFhkygdHUvnPY9mRzsLAbEumqc8GTaA0DqpFp3I3qYrbqKZquUKupU761tsh_szzD_JkDJbfgRiZMtBCSCiDdBfzXJrzMrAHFTJG-sv-oZUbhvyvQ5czH8/s1600/IMG_5662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVgcXoGuSJu4eSNwH8dBbdyFhkygdHUvnPY9mRzsLAbEumqc8GTaA0DqpFp3I3qYrbqKZquUKupU761tsh_szzD_JkDJbfgRiZMtBCSCiDdBfzXJrzMrAHFTJG-sv-oZUbhvyvQ5czH8/s320/IMG_5662.JPG" width="320" /></a>Another Christmas over for another year, I had a pleasant and peaceful one with some very nice presents. We went carol singing last thursday and raised £180 for a local hospice which was good. I also sang in the carol concert earlier and went to the Christmas Carol service up in the village. So I have had plenty of carols, which I love. I have had charge of the birds since last Saturday, the staff all come back on the 2nd, although Holly and Adam are around and about. Holly helped me feed today.<br />
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Having fed the birds on Christmas day with help from David who comes over to help that day, I had a coffee and did a few things and then went out to Christmas lunch with my friend Alice and her family. It was delicious! The only down side of not doing your own turkey is that you don't get cold turkey the following days! However not having to cook one is a huge bonus, actually I probably would not do it anyway. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0k2aFgv-pSivpdPcloPRmwXjLIRNHsxiJ6m12YZG7hW-FL-jxhmSoQ67Y8sbeZaWVa0DXKfUHHPt0hr8mTdY6SLF81Wi7O8sZ7uWTVa-2whvNB3EklcRd4D1_fn1fGwCSz1osQ3cEDQ/s1600/_D5G8445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0k2aFgv-pSivpdPcloPRmwXjLIRNHsxiJ6m12YZG7hW-FL-jxhmSoQ67Y8sbeZaWVa0DXKfUHHPt0hr8mTdY6SLF81Wi7O8sZ7uWTVa-2whvNB3EklcRd4D1_fn1fGwCSz1osQ3cEDQ/s320/_D5G8445.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
I came back to check the birds and take the dogs for a walk which they are insistant about at this time of the year. Although poor Briza is struggling now she is so close to having puppies. She also gets me up at 3.00am every morning as she can't go through the night now!<br />
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The trained owls have been delighted to have a few days off, Hemp is starting to come into breeding condition so she will not come back on duty, Yorkley will take her place for the 2018 early Owl Evenings, I don't think he has done one yet, so that could be interesting!<br />
We had a sprinkling of snow on the field this morning and the Malverns which I can see out of my office window are a glistening white. I am not sorry we did not have more as it does make feeding round much more difficult, although it also makes us appreciate the golf carts even more when we can't use them.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoZQhNarUzQUYdJ5HRns8jM3S_TjbBeD9VBbu_zOzYaWRqkhX74ZlkK_mvEk41F38VkBvJEXz2evZrMbTV1UETu-CFC9R7jfwZtvd19cvypp8CY6VbzB8vilX9hF3jKJ5gyG6iRwa3nY/s1600/IMG_3733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEoZQhNarUzQUYdJ5HRns8jM3S_TjbBeD9VBbu_zOzYaWRqkhX74ZlkK_mvEk41F38VkBvJEXz2evZrMbTV1UETu-CFC9R7jfwZtvd19cvypp8CY6VbzB8vilX9hF3jKJ5gyG6iRwa3nY/s320/IMG_3733.JPG" width="240" /></a>We are now looking forward to the breeding season starting, which should be the African White backed Vultures first of all, at least they were first last year.We now have six here which gives us good choice for breeding. Very sadly the male White-headed vulture who came here died very suddenly, we are not sure of the cause but he did it the day he was supposed to have a cateract operation. I am not sure it they really help a bird, I had Mozart done years ago and I don't think it made an appreciable difference to his ability to get round his aviary. This vulture would never have been suitable for breeding anyway, so our female will have to wait a little for a potential husband.<br />
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We have switched the merlins around, and I hope they will do something, we have also split up the Steppe Eagles hoping that absence will make the heart grow fonder, They have not laid fertile eggs for several years now and I would really like them to start breeding again, particularly as they have recently been uplisted as Endangered in the wild now.<br />
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I am still struggling with the new microsoft 365, which I still consider to be crap. The new Outlook has no spell check, I can't find anything. I have to download anything to read it and I think the people who wrote the programme should be fed to my vultures. Other than that - I hate it!<br />
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It snowed! And snowed and snowed. We had about 6 inches by lunchtime on Sunday. Helen could not get in to feed the birds which was not surprising, so I was thinking I would need to do it, which was interesting as the golf cart was a no no! Luckily Holly and Adam had driven back the night before and so met me in the field as I brought up the dogs from their early morning amble.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdpCFTdQf2vq5twn8zyby7_UtMTiAxzziQ3LwKrbjPYWXU_UVgvkC2LDvYQoAhAM7qGLaUFNX0F3laMCdSRGoemkHSmuU3PYxdCxWFPfTYu7nt4AMyC0s6DfxNJpDSNhcLx1Fu7qc1WA/s1600/IMG_2757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdpCFTdQf2vq5twn8zyby7_UtMTiAxzziQ3LwKrbjPYWXU_UVgvkC2LDvYQoAhAM7qGLaUFNX0F3laMCdSRGoemkHSmuU3PYxdCxWFPfTYu7nt4AMyC0s6DfxNJpDSNhcLx1Fu7qc1WA/s320/IMG_2757.JPG" width="320" /></a>Of course the two youngest dogs had never seen snow before, so that was fun to see their reaction. Concern at first and then they loved it. We fed the birds, opening the doors in the hawk walk and feeding the flying birds and then closing them so the snow did not drive in to the birds. When we built them we put in a window into the doors, so they could see out and not be in the dark, which is good for them and nice for us. I am glad that we did because this morning it was much to cold to leave them open - well below freezing. We left the flying owls to see if we could fly them and get some photos.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRxu_Yn6QrOz8HrnmIeZCg1LmnKbayoZv57SnusflnGo67CyG5jiKGU2STv2Ss9zr0TAVZ4UCYuOex9jmdjZO8vyUx8EjmNpdm3W2ra9995K0uVpfM6scyEaPnvSlP1_GL_715aNvSrQ/s1600/IMG_5212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRxu_Yn6QrOz8HrnmIeZCg1LmnKbayoZv57SnusflnGo67CyG5jiKGU2STv2Ss9zr0TAVZ4UCYuOex9jmdjZO8vyUx8EjmNpdm3W2ra9995K0uVpfM6scyEaPnvSlP1_GL_715aNvSrQ/s320/IMG_5212.JPG" width="213" /></a>And we did, Haze (Barn Owl) was somewhat thrown by the first snow she had seen. Hemp was too fat from the Owl evening. Hoxton, Bramly and Orion were brilliant and did not give a damn about the snow. So we decided to invite some of the photographer members to come the following day. Only a few could make it, but I think they got some nice stuff. We did try Drift (Snowy Owl) but he was a little fat, I don't think he minded the snow though.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23RaVTQCfvybQ08WxgsfilDWJtZ93Xf_5Ywe2z_XZZyj1LLNHdVGm4RDzjeJuePQlEMRo3lmbvAILIQz8JNS2ospEX24rZBmrxi71FfeZVsa5QlAn4s7l3sQYAC9R_zNRl0upSv4vU2U/s1600/IMG_2730.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23RaVTQCfvybQ08WxgsfilDWJtZ93Xf_5Ywe2z_XZZyj1LLNHdVGm4RDzjeJuePQlEMRo3lmbvAILIQz8JNS2ospEX24rZBmrxi71FfeZVsa5QlAn4s7l3sQYAC9R_zNRl0upSv4vU2U/s320/IMG_2730.JPG" width="320" /></a>After the incredibly cold night we just had the ground was very crispy and the places where we had walked the previous two days were very icy. Just goes to show that you should clear paths on the first day before it all freezes.<br />
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Rob was rushing around on Monday trying to save flattened plants, I think most will be OK, although we did lose a few branches from trees.<br />
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I have to say I hope it is all gone by friday as it will make the Owl Evening tricky if it is still icy. Oh and Adam's lovely big gazebo got flattened and completely ruined and damn me that was the one thing that the insurance did not cover - typical I guess. So I am not sure what we are going to do about that at this point. Still it is nice to have a proper winter again rather than the tepid affairs we have had recently.<br />
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<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-87951894701703606102017-12-09T17:24:00.000+00:002017-12-09T17:24:05.800+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80okevVRyojhqfpbIBtxnrxyzhFZf8us1yK1gX8OOGBK1M46qOdjuDHt2HNmFcoP2bBIjkv9GGNoC565DQZNjr3HP7xnLZSKZmc5i7U06NlQjW6YtA9QuNmCxxPNAZeMqOQwLz6yptfE/s1600/IMG_2639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80okevVRyojhqfpbIBtxnrxyzhFZf8us1yK1gX8OOGBK1M46qOdjuDHt2HNmFcoP2bBIjkv9GGNoC565DQZNjr3HP7xnLZSKZmc5i7U06NlQjW6YtA9QuNmCxxPNAZeMqOQwLz6yptfE/s320/IMG_2639.JPG" width="320" /></a>Another trip done, the SAVE meeting was in Bangladesh and we had it on a large boat, or do I mean ship in the Sunderban, which is basically a large mangrove forest opening out into the Bay of Bengal. It was an exhausting time, the flights were through the UAE which means longer in the air and on the ground so sleepless night number one. We had a night to recover before flying down to the nearest airport to the Sunderban and then a 3.5 hours drive over roads that have to be seen to be believed.<br />
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The huge advantage of having a meeting on a boat is that noone can slope off!! The boat moved downriver while we were meeting and then moored for the evening. We had a couple of <br />
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early morning trips in the smaller boat to bird watch (LBJ's). The most fun was watching the river dolphins and the Brahminy Kites.<br />
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All in all apart from only two nights of sleep in seven nights the meeting went well and much was achieved. And it is a particular pleasure to me to know that the first vultures in Nepal have been released back to the wild. Here is wishing them the best of luck.<br />
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But oh boy it was good to be home and I am not going to eat any rice until next September!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_GcfI2_5B7bGlhwehsDrCZI4eAZ7TXEiSbIicWt0fO2H1FKfX10pntDnLf-W9_NnuazmO3kxY6PyM_ODWNIMSMqqKzhilRy2tE2YUt-_zunFrUkdNQCp_223CXmgaOfYUoRql2wAago/s1600/icbp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_GcfI2_5B7bGlhwehsDrCZI4eAZ7TXEiSbIicWt0fO2H1FKfX10pntDnLf-W9_NnuazmO3kxY6PyM_ODWNIMSMqqKzhilRy2tE2YUt-_zunFrUkdNQCp_223CXmgaOfYUoRql2wAago/s320/icbp.jpg" width="213" /></a>Hwever it was pretty damn cold after Bangladesh! We have had two Owl Evenings since, the first, the day after I got back was bitter, the owls did well, all worked but the benches in the flying ground were covered in frost! The later one was much warmer, althoug it looks like the next one will be cold again. I don't mind the cold, its nice to have a proper winter, snow would be even better. I only have one regret, I took up the carpet in my office because it was impossible to keep clean with the dogs, and it is now much colder in here!<br />
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Talking of the dogs, Briza was scanned on Monday and she IS pregnant, so puppies on January 2nd next year!<br />
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We have also now just finished taking out the leylandii hedge around the play area and the aviary area. It has opened it all up and will once complete look great I hope. Lots to do and not enough days in the year to get it all done!<br />
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Sadly our plan to have a good number of disabled vultures to help with their breeding programme from South Africa has been scuppered and we have been let down, a great shame really after everyone's hard work. However we now have other plans and are looking forward to the coming breeding season.<br />
Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-88731663435993422352017-11-10T08:32:00.002+00:002017-11-10T08:32:49.216+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYiXh2pXxP76AX1Cp3_p4heRhXqK9MdFrz68u9oMeym4rQ681dGyhY-OODtFFktEsv1JEfheLX3r8Az_Rch4EGSHB4jACf7uU6hLVjCF5ISzlKAcitvLWw5H49xOwAEOoAEQ9x6kex1U/s1600/IMG_5070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYiXh2pXxP76AX1Cp3_p4heRhXqK9MdFrz68u9oMeym4rQ681dGyhY-OODtFFktEsv1JEfheLX3r8Az_Rch4EGSHB4jACf7uU6hLVjCF5ISzlKAcitvLWw5H49xOwAEOoAEQ9x6kex1U/s320/IMG_5070.JPG" width="320" /></a>Well yesterday was glorious, my favourite autumn weather, a frost in the morning, the first proper one for I can't remember when and then beautiful sunny weather. All the birds flew well, Pippa's Saker finally went loose and now has a name, although I can't remember it right now! Faraday is as temperamental as ever, but looking very smart. The new Lesser Kestrels are settling, and the King Vultures like being closer to the visitors. Sadly Karis is showing his age and we are a little worried about him. I would hate to lose him as he has been such a very special falcon for many years. The weather today however has been rather less than glorious, which is probably a good thing as we had all morning in the Board meeting.<br />
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I have been doing work on my computer, although I have to say that we have just moved over to Windows 365, do I like it no, am I stuck with it - probably, but I do not enjoy these changes. They always cause me problems and it is emphatically NOT the same as whatever Windows I was using.<br />
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I am always told that the new version of what we are using is better, but generally I do not agree. Its the same as supermarkets changing the layout of the shops, it does NOT encourage me to buy more, in fact I have never been back to Morrisons since they did it. I like to know where things are, it saves time and frustration and the same goes for computers.<br />
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Looking at the news recently I have to say it seems to have gone beyond a joke with all these people being accused of sexually harrasing women. So someone touched your knee, so what? The only good thing I can see coming out of it is that it should reduce the population as men are going to end up terrified to approach women, so that may be a good thing as there are far too many of us anyway.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeHUdWRtlThwTuRZ619peqjKEY6ZJxVg8W8osBQZHrUXYKom2lUEMfmxLPHqYtGxVwCfSwsX_2OFiKEtGY30wyM8WWCHOomOkF9eTe5oKxGU44rEry0fDmOgFu-VpnaHZNqy0trMDYDQ/s1600/IMG_5103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeHUdWRtlThwTuRZ619peqjKEY6ZJxVg8W8osBQZHrUXYKom2lUEMfmxLPHqYtGxVwCfSwsX_2OFiKEtGY30wyM8WWCHOomOkF9eTe5oKxGU44rEry0fDmOgFu-VpnaHZNqy0trMDYDQ/s320/IMG_5103.JPG" width="320" /></a>We planted 1000 daffodil bulbs last week and 250 bluebells, 200 aliums, tulips, fratileries and just have the hyacinths to go. The place is going to look amazing in the spring and summer..<br />
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Fingers crossed that Briza might be pregnant, she was sexually harrasted by a very handsome boy dog and we might just get puppies in January which would be great and there is a chance that one might be yellow not black!<br />
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The first Owl Evening is coming up on Saturday and we have made some changes to the evening which will I hope improve them to the benefit of the visitors coming on them. We still have a few places left so book up as they are great fun and our new Great Grey Owl Hoxton will be on some of them.<br />
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Adam has promised me that I can start to do some work on my beautiful Morris Minor, I want to get the brakes less scary and it would be nice to stop it vibrating so much that the rear view mirror is not helpful! Just need to find the time to do it. Which is not easy here and I leave on the 17th for the big SAVE meeting in Bangladesh.<br />
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And on that note, the first six captive vultures in Nepal were successfully released which is excellent news, here is hoping that they do well and survive to start breeding, they are old enough to do so.<br />
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Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-66931536082608384302017-10-24T13:35:00.005+01:002017-10-24T13:35:50.632+01:00Blogging ( that is not a very nice word really) has not been a priority this year as is blindingly obvious from how little I have done it, I will try to improve and get back to doing it. Incidentally one of my favourite words is paraffin, nice word and sort of a nice smell too!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieC48THlrMJlZUUwRyYSwqysxKvVQ8fSAoinzqDVuvmXLHnpSJeAALEeVp2yMYocV_-CfElhFu7sYOd88sJ_-zKMR2qP6dj8rI6IlmKd2shCMUG3y1kzoMoWf-C7i9cgOu2Kg6SBMZdM/s1600/IMG_2606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieC48THlrMJlZUUwRyYSwqysxKvVQ8fSAoinzqDVuvmXLHnpSJeAALEeVp2yMYocV_-CfElhFu7sYOd88sJ_-zKMR2qP6dj8rI6IlmKd2shCMUG3y1kzoMoWf-C7i9cgOu2Kg6SBMZdM/s320/IMG_2606.JPG" width="320" /></a>The various new staff that we have had over the year have come and gone. Non bird staff we have three new people, all of whom are good and really coming on. Mary is wonderful, easy to work with, great with the customers and willing to have a go at almost anything. Karen in the new downstairs office has got to grips with all the vagaries of the finances and the centre and is really becoming a part of the team now. I think it takes a while for people to settle in really, it does not happen over night.<br />
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Alex and Joel are the new bird staff and with enormous help and training from Holly they have come on nicely. Alex has recently got a black belt in Jujitsu and is really getting into his own stuff outside work, he has started a club in Gloucester and is now teaching it - well done him. Pippa has moved out of the flat here and she and her partner have their own house! Exciting stuff, I bought them one of those moulded fish ponds for their garden and for the goldfish that we won at the fair in Ledbury last year.<br />
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The cafe has been a challenge this year with lots of staff coming and going, one of which badly let us down by just vanishing in August. The four girls who help out in the busy periods in school holidays were amazing, they really worked hard, and Holly Adam and I did a great deal down there as well. As we get towards winter it is slowing down and we are hoping that our new person will get to grips with it all as time goes on. Anyone who thinks catering is easy - think again!!! Particularly with all the rules and regulations that have to be adhered to.<br />
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I am bloody glad I don't have to do all that stuff in my own home, which is probably why I am so healthy!!!<br />
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We are looking forward to Rachel starting as marketing and fund raising person, she comes on board next month and will be ably assisted by Adam in marketing and Eileen Hammond in the Fund raising side of it all. <br />
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The summer has come and gone, I am looking out at a grey windy autumn day in half term, the leaf colour is wonderful and the gardens are looking great. Oh and if you have never had hardy Chrysanthemums - get some, they are superb and just seem to go on flowering non stop and brighten the whole place, I am going to get some more! Autumn is my favourite time of the year.<br />
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All the birds are fine, we have more vultures, a Lappet-faced vulture arrived, so we are looking for a mate for him or her, the sex needs to be determined first. We have a White-headed Vulture as well, but sadly the mate we got for that has severe eye problems which we need to see if we can solve. We await the return of Neil to check him out.<br />
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I was given two male Sakers in the summer and they are both coming on nicely and we bred five Yellow-billed Kites, all of whom are staying here because we need them. I hope to find the funds to build a new enclosure so all the kites can live there and fly from it. I know where I want to put it.<br />
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We did lose Darcy Spice to a stroke early in the year, this is not something I have ever seen in any of our birds before. But his step brother Yorkly who is the most beautiful pale Great Horned Owl flew all summer to replace him. We are now getting all the owls ready for the Owl Evenings starting next month <br />
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I also tried to put Briza in pup in the summer but did not succeed so I am looking to try again soon. That will mean winter puppies which is not ideal, but all my dogs are getting older so to keep the line, one of them needs to have pups!<br />
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Very sadly we lost Moccas recently, she was killed on a power line in the field next door, she leaves a huge gap in the lives of everyone here and many visitors as well.<br />
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We have some wonderful volunteers and work experience people now and they make such a difference to what we can get done. We also had some corporate volunteers who bravely came over two weeks and cleared all the bull rushes out of the large pond, it looks amazing and much bigger now. It has taken a lot of journeys to the composting place to get rid of them all though and we are not done yet.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7H7hZCTO_1LKR1q81M81Dypnn1WhyzHthFT-gtwLzxu4qfmUjtiWULxXUMD_f6RSTFXmmS4Zii9IelQzXlKDZoDs4ctwdf72vvRrLdEww7gcIko-g5n2eiBroMHPcHNXfhpiANgc4XI/s1600/IMG_2519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7H7hZCTO_1LKR1q81M81Dypnn1WhyzHthFT-gtwLzxu4qfmUjtiWULxXUMD_f6RSTFXmmS4Zii9IelQzXlKDZoDs4ctwdf72vvRrLdEww7gcIko-g5n2eiBroMHPcHNXfhpiANgc4XI/s320/IMG_2519.JPG" width="320" /></a>I travelled to Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania in early September to give a lecture on the Vulture Crisis in the Old World species and then straight onto Nepal and India on vulture work, it was a hell of a stint of planes and one I would rather not do again. I have to go to Bangladesh next month and then that is it for travel for a while I hope.<br />
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Its nearly flying time so I will look for some photos to go with this and post it as soon as I can. <br />
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<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-72076081883611539582017-03-16T09:31:00.001+00:002017-03-16T09:31:38.504+00:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Its been a busy time, the old stock room and the rooms upstairs are all now properly sorted out, new flooring in both upstairs and down stairs. The end room is Adam's office, the middle room a work room for anyone to use and we will still use it for teaching on the falconry courses, although not as much. The first room is now a neat and tidy stock room. Downstairs it has been divided into two rooms, one for Pink Jen for her office with the new admin person in there as well and easy access to the shop, the other a proper staff room with table, chairs, sofa, desk, computer and bookcase with raptor books. All looks great.<br />
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We are revamping the cafe, Angela is only wanting to come in on a very few days, so Tess has taken over, we have to move to mainly stainless steel for working so the front half has now been done - took a lot of work from everyone, the new fridge was so heavy everyone had to help lift it into place and Rob and Alex went with Holly and Adam to collect it. The late evening tasks finished at 1.00am as we are open and so the cafe had to be up and running the next day!! No pressure! Thanks to Tess, Ian, Adam and Holly, for staying that late to finish up. It does look good and in the next week or so we will hit the back - again a late night.<br />
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Alex started officially yesterday so we are back up to five full time bird staff and Robin on part time, with one other to start in May on a seasonal contract but if all goes well we want to make it fulltime, bringing up back to where we were last January.<br />
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There have been comments about missing staff that leave, but with all due respect to all staff who have been and gone, actually we carry on very well and really do not have the time to miss anyone!! That is no reflection on the individuals but more a reflection on the fact that this is a well established (now 50 years old) centre and if we could not continue seamlessly we would not be doing our job. So we do!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess who is back on duty</td></tr>
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The birds are going very well, the weather has been lovely, it is so nice to see spring in the air. The wild daffodils are out as are some of my primroses that survived the drought when I planted them. The hedge has been filled in with new plants and we have moved that very pretty cherry tree from the box in the carpark to the field and it is doing very well.<br />
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Many of the birds are on eggs and the season looks like being a good one. Here is hoping that we have great weather for Easter as we have lots of fun things for people to do over the holidays.<br />
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One incredibly sad note though, that beautiful male Rhino that we photographed in South Africa has just been poached. It completely defeats me as to just how vile humans can be. The bile farms in Thailand that keep bears in the most horrific conditions just to get bile from them, these people are sick they really are. That Rhino <br />
was such a beautiful animal roaming around in South Africa and now some complete moron with no brains will have the horn, just for money. And please don't try and tell me that it is because the people who actually kill the rhinos are poor - crap - they are organised criminals with weaponry and equipment and they are the ones that should be shot, along with the end users.<br />
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<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-71732901482812367932017-02-26T14:17:00.001+00:002017-02-26T14:17:29.424+00:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In South Africa not here sadly!</td></tr>
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OK its time for a moan, I use Outlook as my email thing, occasionally I need to search for an email, but if you put the name of the person that you want to search it gives you three options, HOWEVER does it bloody give you the time after you have typed the name to get your mouse over the option that you want, NO, it is infuriating because it means you don't get the search you want and I can't get to the mouse quick enough. Sometimes I hate software writers, they really do not have a clue what the customer wants. And while I am at what the hell does dock the peek mean for heaven's sake!! And where have all my reminders gone!!! Outlook sort thing out please!<br />
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Its like super markets, when they change everything around - not cool. My idea of heaven would be a supermarket online that has a camera so you can 'walk' up and down the aisles and see what you want, just having a list does not help me at all!!<br />
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We have decided on our new bird staff member and he starts soon, it was such a close run thing that we are going to employ the runner up and he was so close it was a really difficult choice, as seasonal staff and hope we can do well enough this year to keep him full time.<br />
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We also now have a Wonderful Sale/Marketing/PR person, by the name of Jen, as we have a Jen volunteer here and new Jen has marvelous bright pink hair she is now called Pink Jen! I hope to have her new office sorted out by the end of this coming week. She will I know make a big difference to the Centre - so please pray for a great summer weather wise as that will help as well.<br />
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The breeding season is upon us, the African White backed vultures laid their first egg but sadly they moved it and it got covered with nest material and chilled so it did not survive, we are hoping they might recycle, but I am not confident now. The Eurasian Griffons have an egg and so do our pair up at Duncombe, so fingers crossed for them. The luggers have laid and the Burrowing Owls are also on eggs, so we are moving forward as ever.<br />
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The snowdrops are out, believe it or not we have mowed the Hawk Walk twice already and the field once - in February!! The wild daffodils are showing and the flaming wind is breaking the domestic daffodils.<br />
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Storm Doris meant no flying outside that day and we lost one big tree, luckily in the horse field (with no horse sadly!) and it fell in the best place, not hitting the fence, the hedge, any other trees, the road or people, good planning!<br />
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We are getting the bird team going well now, some of the falcons have been loving the wind. The team is increasing as we move toward March and the season hotting up as it were. It is going to be an exciting year with lots going on. Watch this space!<br />
<br />Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-14803176329635209742017-02-12T20:27:00.002+00:002017-02-12T20:27:57.426+00:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess who is back on duty!</td></tr>
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I am now exhausted!! We have done four days of interviews, two days for potential new bird staff, one day for PR/Sales/Marketing person and one day of looking for a new Cafe Manager. There were 49 applicants for the bird staff job, so with much effort we went through all the CV's and brought it down to 12 that we wanted to interview. And I should say the quality was good on all of the CV's. We had 16 applicants for the PR/Sales/Marketing job and brought that down to six and 11 applicants for the Cafe Manager job and aimed for six of those.<br />
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I feel very strongly that you should answer every application, which is not the norm I have to say. So we answered all of them and asked 12, 6 and 6 to come for interviews. Apart from a couple who's emails I got wrong, once sorted we had all 12 applicants reply for the bird job and accept the interview date apart from one so we easily replaced him.<br />
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Similarly the PR, the six we asked all replied for the interview. The cafe Manager job was a great deal less successful. Two of the people we asked never even bothered to reply (not cool!) one we had to chase to see if he was interested in coming (why would you apply if you weren't!!).<br />
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All of the twelve bird staff interviews arrived on time, as they should, interviewed and it was a seriously difficult choice to move to the next stage because the quality was so high. The PR/Marketing/Sales similarly all arrived on time, all interviewed well and again it was a difficult choice, but we have now the right person for us I think and we are really excited that she is coming.<br />
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The cafe manager position - well - the first person due never rolled up and eventually we, having phoned and left messages heard that she had forgotten to come!!! What does that tell you I wonder. The next four were great, all on time, some more suited to the job than others, but it was really cheering that they had come to interview. The last one not only never rolled up, but had actually been phoned two days previously to see if he was going to come, said yes, but still never arrived and never bothered to even apologise. Well we will not be bothering to see him again and whoever does employ him - be aware, he is apparently not reliable or polite!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hope to be training one of these this year</td></tr>
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Tomorrow we do the work day with the six potential bird staff that are through, I had planned to have four or five, but they were so good, that we feel that we need to know more. And for the six that did not make it, it was an incredibly difficult choice. I always wish I could employ all of them - just need to win huge amounts on the lottery to do so.<br />
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Tuesday I am quite hoping will be a quieter day apart from the last of the Owl Evenings and <br />
Wednesday I fly to Spain for the Multi species Action Plan overarching workshop for vultures. Back home late on Saturday night. I really hope I do not have to do any traveling for a bit after that.<br />
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The first viable egg of the year is getting ready to hatch. The weather has been bloody freezing and the poor people in the flying field have been blue with cold, BUT seen some amazing flying. The dogs are moulting all over all the carpets, I swear I sweep up a Labrador a day!<br />
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Apart from that life goes on and the Centre slowly moves into its 50 anniversary year as February races towards its final day.Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-89256275883041466042017-01-29T18:54:00.001+00:002017-01-29T18:54:05.677+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ohcCmL-aCWkG-LqOKU6xjda7_Fa8ArC6SNZmAHWsM1Mqq9dqoPfJTit0R58kBCAbAYyvkMna3PXBJLDvTAKtIwoMjK6-Yh1A0HgEUF73xyuKsmGLSz5zs127P9h29wERX0m89mSXr7A/s1600/IMG_2130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ohcCmL-aCWkG-LqOKU6xjda7_Fa8ArC6SNZmAHWsM1Mqq9dqoPfJTit0R58kBCAbAYyvkMna3PXBJLDvTAKtIwoMjK6-Yh1A0HgEUF73xyuKsmGLSz5zs127P9h29wERX0m89mSXr7A/s320/IMG_2130.JPG" width="320" /></a>My last free weekend is nearly over. As from now as we open on Wednesday, no more weekends until December, oh well. The dogs will be very pleased when February 1st comes, they hate December and January, particularly the weekends as there is only one member of staff here for a couple of hours and otherwise they are stuck with just me!!<br />
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Yesterday was beautiful, the sun came out, it felt like a spring day, the wild daffodils are showing, the snowdrops are coming out and I almost regretted that we were not open - almost!! However today has been less than pleasant and we would not have been busy.<br />
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The Owl evening on Friday had a lovely bunch of people which was a good thing because sadly the weather forecast was spot on and the rain start at about 5.00pm. However it was mizily rain, not really heavy and we managed to get through the evening without too many problems.<br />
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We are down on flying birds because of Avian Influenza, we have not had the normal numbers of birds flying because of the risk. We start up with a number of them tomorrow, so we will get up to speed reasonably quickly I hope.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9aqfHZTBqhfIG9INZhWBt_HFUliAjPdaGrjL5h7arTUteR4wBFFJXwihsuG_eUrBcEEMGpn6A3vtuh4cSm5m8K6qA_4Vg9DS3TcFPB2WovYRLZYEAbipOrX3lkIomGxG0yPt3oj5wP4/s1600/IMG_4352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9aqfHZTBqhfIG9INZhWBt_HFUliAjPdaGrjL5h7arTUteR4wBFFJXwihsuG_eUrBcEEMGpn6A3vtuh4cSm5m8K6qA_4Vg9DS3TcFPB2WovYRLZYEAbipOrX3lkIomGxG0yPt3oj5wP4/s320/IMG_4352.JPG" width="213" /></a>I have spend hours going through CV's in the last week, we have had good applicants for all the three jobs we have available. Holly has done a stint on the bird staff applications with me as has Rosie, Adam worked on the cafe staff applications with me and Eileen on the PR/Marketing/Sales group with me. I am CV'd out at the moment!<br />
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Next come interviews - four days of them! February is going to be a very busy month! But it will be good to see visitors again as we settle in for the 50th anniversary year.Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-42673941099702302382017-01-22T20:33:00.000+00:002017-01-22T20:33:01.494+00:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6I3ZxNcRLkIV8H5KCL1IjhDkWmcfcvxne6LpMeZwi5QvxnEbaADELbfQSTBTqN5_AXhrSyn9lRPfAlNpAEevDDBAeuGc3cql4XtyPcUuHlQu8NsIoB7qty2cDzq6vAbg90q4eI6DtXO4/s1600/IMG_4946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6I3ZxNcRLkIV8H5KCL1IjhDkWmcfcvxne6LpMeZwi5QvxnEbaADELbfQSTBTqN5_AXhrSyn9lRPfAlNpAEevDDBAeuGc3cql4XtyPcUuHlQu8NsIoB7qty2cDzq6vAbg90q4eI6DtXO4/s320/IMG_4946.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The trip to South Africa was good, we first went to the
house of Neil Forbes and stayed the night, had a walk through part of the game
reserve and then the following day we move to Ostrich Manor a hotel in a
beautiful site, although sadly lots of traffic noise. We spent three days
teaching a husbandry, incubation and rearing of in this case vultures, but
birds in general. It was well attended and everyone seemed to enjoy it. It was
held at Vulpro which is based at the foot of the <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Magaliesberg</span> Range of
mountains, a stunning place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is really important to us to share the knowledge we have
gained over the last five decades so that others can benefit – more importantly
the birds can benefit and the mistakes that we have made in the past are not
repeated ad finitum.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTspbukUk_VEdfcI3QtVJPA1CDs9fmHPob4wQ0tqPBmO8NQoAAhHMQZdiTG1JXGIiEMXMb_4JQ-D-ZcAnKWMgsMmJ7M2UFG7Gd7orf0inIxKKzr8M1PFbIQG0c0OnOBvjGHz7cEm9VOQ/s1600/IMG_4062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTspbukUk_VEdfcI3QtVJPA1CDs9fmHPob4wQ0tqPBmO8NQoAAhHMQZdiTG1JXGIiEMXMb_4JQ-D-ZcAnKWMgsMmJ7M2UFG7Gd7orf0inIxKKzr8M1PFbIQG0c0OnOBvjGHz7cEm9VOQ/s320/IMG_4062.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kerri Wolter then led us to Oliphants, a game reserve that
her family have a share in right next to Kruger National Park. The house was
stunning and had air conditioning which for me was great because I don’t sleep
well in very hot conditions. Not that we slept a great deal as we were out of
the house by 5am for game watching and vulture searching! The house was right
on the river, and there was a huge crocodile lurking at the bottom of the bank.
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">We spent two days there looking at impala, elephant, saw a
leopard, wildebeest, bush buck, and a beautiful male black rhino. And of course
we were on the lookout for many birds, specifically vultures, which we saw a
good number of. Hooded Vultures, cape Vultures, African White backed Vultures
and Lappet Faced Vultures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">We had an impala carcass because Kerri wanted to catch and
wing tag some of the local birds, however although they came in on the first
day the nylon nooses did not work and although we caught three birds, the
nooses did not hold which was annoying in the extreme. We redid the nooses
after th</span>e first day, but not a vulture appeared, so later in the morning we
went out looking for them. We found them, lots of them, and understood why none
were coming into our carcass, but sadly the reason was a very
recently poached female Rhino, with her horns hacked out, her tail and ears cut
off. <br />
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We reported it and then when the manager arrived left them to do what they
needed to do in terms of forensics. Even worse when we got back to the house
they found a second poached Rhino, this time a male and another on a nearby
reserve. Three Black Rhinos in one night, it was seriously shocking to see and
hard to understand why people would do this horrific act for a horn made of the
same material as our fingernails.<br />
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people who did this, did not poison the carcasses, otherwise we would have
found a dead Rhino and hundreds of dead vultures. It did however put a severe dampener
on the day and brought home to huge problems that fame wardens are facing to
save these iconic species.<br />
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We headed back to Neil’s place where there were none of the
wildlife liable to eat you and so Neil and I went for a walk to see if we could
find a secretary bird as they have them nesting there. Sadly they were nowhere
to be found that day.<br />
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After a day spent at the veterinary college where Neil
operated on two of Kerri’s vultures to give <br />
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them the chance of being released
back to the wild in the future I went back to Vulpro with Kerri and Maggie and
the two treated vultures and had a peaceful evening before starting the long
trip home the following day.<br />
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When it get close to my coming home I start to forget where
I am and just look forward to getting home. Travel is not fun it is to be
endured and survived!! I was however by that time really looking forward to a
great cup of tea, a cold bedroom and a welcome by my five Labradors.<br />
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It was frosty and cold on the trip back to Newent, but once I got home, overcast cold and misty. All was well, staff, birds and dogs fine, and we moved new sand into the compartments in the Hawk Walk, got the top side done. I then worked on getting my office back to working as it had been emptied and decorated while I was away.<br />
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Mark left the Centre on Friday as his last day and did his final Owl Evening, it went very well, with a bright moonlight<br />
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night, tons of stars, and cold which is as it should be in the winter. We wish Mark the best of luck in buying a new property and starting his own business making falconry equipment.<br />
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Jemima Parry-Jones MBEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634049321522840135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192053315339860780.post-48873992810492737362016-12-31T12:28:00.003+00:002016-12-31T12:28:33.235+00:00I can't believe that I have not written since October, it certainly is not because I have a ton of free time, because apparently I do not. I don't know where the time goes, but it sure as hell does.<br />
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So I have been to India again - Mumbai, although quite frankly it could have been anywhere because over 6 days we never left the hotel apart from to move from one to the second one, and to get to the airport to come home. Not only that but the meeting was as so many of these things are, in the basement of the hotel with no windows. There is something very depressing about being in rooms with no view to the outside world for any length of time.<br />
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the first two days, followed by two days of the SAVE meeting. This was followed
by the MsAP, which was another two day meeting. It is a Multi Species Action
Plan for all vultures and I have to say that I am not convinced that it is a
good idea. I fail to see how you can have a plan to assist all species of Old
World Vultures throughout all of their ranges when the threats they face are
very different and the cultures in their ranges are also worlds apart.
Interestingly there is only one other MsAP which is for Albatrosses – their problems
are more similar across their range and I guess it might work but I am
seriously concerned about the vulture one.</div>
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Once we had finished the last day of that meeting we caught
the plane home flying out from Mumbai finally at 3.10am - Lovely, still at least
it meant we got back with a lot of the day to get home. The plane was full and
we had stereophonic screaming children surrounding us. It’s a good job the
windows don’t open or I would have thrown several of them out!!</div>
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one and mostly the weather had been dry. We had recently had just a couple of
days of some serious rain and my pond which was quite low is now back up to the
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Mark, our head falconer has decided to leave the Centre. He
wishes to make a business in the top end of falconry equipment and says he does
not have the time to do it and still work at ICBP. I think too that as the Centre
evolves and its focus changes a little he is uncomfortable with the changes. I
think it will be good for him to leave and be able to refocus himself. He will
still be around to help out on occasions which will be nice, but the break away
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With Mark and Emily leaving we are looking for one new
staff member next year to assist, particularly as it is our 50<sup>th</sup>
anniversary coming up. We are also looking for a new Cafe Manager as Angie wants to step back a little and a PR/Marketing/Sales person. I can't believe how expensive newspaper advertising is!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misty afternoon trying out my new camera with the dogs</td></tr>
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It was glorious bright frostly weather to return too after India, a
little cold, but a proper winter day. Just what I needed after 6 days in the
basement of hotels!</div>
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We are now closed for two months, everyone seems to be
coping with Emily having left, although we do see her dropping in on occasion,
and Mark is leaving on January 20<sup>th</sup> as his last day. I gather he has
nearly sold his house which he has been trying to go for about four years now,
so once he finishes he will be very busy finding a new home. I do not envy him,
but it will be very exciting for him.</div>
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Briza has recovered from kennel cough, I have no idea how
she developed it, but luckily with a very swift vaccination, none of the others
got it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They just about sat for long enough to get this!!</td></tr>
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Because of the Bird Flu outbreak in Europe and now cases in the UK, there are
various orders from DEFRA about keeping birds safe from contact with wild birds
so we have grounded those that might go off our land until the order is finshed which was to be January 6<sup>th </sup> but I suspect will be later now. As we are closed it is not affecting us much and those
birds grounded would have been rested over the Christmas period anyway. It
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Christmas has come and gone, I went with Holly before Christmas to Hereford, I have not been happy with my Canon 7D or the hugely expensive and very nice, but very heavy lens, so I exchanged the whole lot for a Canon 670D and a 300mm Lens, much lighter, really good in low level light and we shall see what I get on the next trip which is South Africa.</div>
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All the birds are fine, the weather was bitterly cold for about four days after Christmas, which made feeding round a chilly job. I find that when my hands get really cold it is much more painful than it used to be when they come round! Must be old age.</div>
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We are off to South Africa teaching on a husbandry and incubation course to about 18 people on vulture conservation. When we discussed it in May it seemed like a good idea to take a week off afterwards and go to a game ranch which we have been invited to. Now of course the closer we get to leaving, and with two staff down and new staff to interview on my return, I am regretting it!! I am sure it will be fine. And if I can work out how the new camera works I might get some good photos as well.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benbecula on a sunny but cold morning</td></tr>
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I still have not finished my part of the talks, and have to get one with it, but after feeding round, thawing out, taking the dogs for a walk and closing up the birds there is not much of the day left. I am sure my staff hate the fact that I care for the place for about 10 days, because there is always a long list of things I want changed by the end of it!!!</div>
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October 30<sup>th 2016</sup></div>
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The clocks changed last night, so shorter days, but I prefer the
daylight for getting up, makes it easier. Back safely from the US, it was a
good conference and a stunning place. It was great to see old friends and meet
new ones. And the place was beautiful although I suspect a nightmare in the
summer with millions of humans there. </div>
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My Second Lugger is now loose, called Polonium he is full of
feistiness and very funny. I think he will be a better flyer than his brother
Squill, but we will see. The new Red Kite called Cadmium is charming, much
nicer that Muckle Rowe which would not be difficult. I am not sure of its sex
though. Supposedly a female but quite a big small than my other two. Its
feather condition leaves a lot to be desired but that is fixable. Autumn
persists in being beautiful and half term is nearly over.</div>
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October 18th</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3abbL3oeC2qBMRl_edEBoM2vyLVpdWUg58k95I1DKGS01TmvWfxmdJB4TZxnVw_UQzrOvnLW-WAqGGogLE1NJUieLpmzCKE2bMUQXcDHeLKqD4-OIsT11694WKHP-v84AXkRf-QpHbqc/s1600/IMG_1829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3abbL3oeC2qBMRl_edEBoM2vyLVpdWUg58k95I1DKGS01TmvWfxmdJB4TZxnVw_UQzrOvnLW-WAqGGogLE1NJUieLpmzCKE2bMUQXcDHeLKqD4-OIsT11694WKHP-v84AXkRf-QpHbqc/s320/IMG_1829.JPG" width="320" /></a>Here in Cape May, the conference has been going very well
and the place is glorious. I have walked along the beach every morning and
watched the sun rise, and the sea crashing on the sand. I leave my shoes on a
fence by the sand dunes and walk down to the sea, it is surprisingly warm and
just beautiful to watch and to paddle in. So I have paddled in the foam each
morning watching the gulls and the terns, the sanderlings run up and down as
the waves rush up the sand and retreat, they even have time to chase off other
sanderlings with their feathers ruffled up. Just perfect, I wish the dogs were
here!</div>
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This afternoon I have to chair (it’s called moderating over
here) a session, which means I have to be in the whole thing – ah well.</div>
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October 15<sup>th</sup></div>
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Just about to leave again, this time I am going the other way,
west rather than east as I am going to Cape May for the Raptor Research
Foundation meeting which has its Board meeting on Sunday and then the
conference during the week. As usual, I have to rush back so there is not the
time to go on any of the trips, which is sort of annoying. I am giving a paper
on the Status of Vultures world-wide, which I am looking forward to doing.</div>
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We have been having the most glorious autumn with warm dry
sunny days and we have had our first frost, not a significant one, but bearing
in mind last winter we barely had a frost, so it was good to see. Autumn should
be autumn and winter should be winter and we have not had either for a while.
The leaf colour is amazing here when we have had frosts, the maples, and
beeches, plus the liquid amber's which we have several of give us huge variation
which I love.</div>
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All birds are flying well, the new female Lugger is going to
be absolutely amazing if we don’t screw up, she is getting up really good
height which for a young falcon is exciting to see and she may turn out to be
another Karis. The Barbary has finally learnt to get enough height so that
instead of doing a disappearing act because he can’t find his way back, he can
see where we are and is coming back regularly, which is a huge bonus – and
flying very well.</div>
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My male Lugger has a long way to go! The wild Peregrine from
Norfolk is finally recovering, and will be retrained and flown and as soon as
she has caught a couple of things we will take her back to Norfolk and release
her with a sigh of relief.</div>
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Once I am back which is only 6 days, I have the brother of
the Lugger to start on, he injured his leg early on and so after a rest he is
now back to being trained, it will not be easy as he is older than I would
like, but it will be interesting to see if he is like his little bro.</div>
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I have one more trip to India in late November, then it’s a
serious start on getting organised for next year which is our 50<sup>th</sup>
anniversary year and so a big one.</div>
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