Your
day begins in the Owl Garden, where you will meet with Rod.
He will show your around the aviaries, and then you will
take out Tiksi our Eurasian Eagle Owl or Tundra our female
Snowy owl, the largest of our owl species. You will be given
a falconry bag with food, and you will fly them, under guidance,
around the field on some amazing long glides and flights,
marvelling as they display some of their natural hunting
and flying styles.
Following
this you will fly Bandit or Elsa, our well experienced Harris
Hawks, to your gloved hand, as your introduction to handling
the bird on your own.
After
a break for refreshments and home made cake you will take
Nadi, our Indian Eagle Owl, or Dale, a Harris Hawk, up our
private river trail and they will fly to your glove as you
walk along the trail. This is a very beautiful walk, and
a really special experience, enjoying some incredible flights
and long glides from both of these incredible birds.
On
returning to the farm you will be taken to our medieval
World of Owls barn, and fly our specially trained owls to
your fist, or encourage them onto the 'pounce box' and watch
them dive from their high branches. This is an amazing display
of natural owl behaviour in the wild.This will include four
of the following owls:
Caspar,
the Barn Owl
Pip, the Tawny Owl
Clovis, the Northern Hawk Owl
Anuk, the Great Grey Owl
Dela, the Spotted Eagle Owl
Indi, the Boobooks Owl
This
is a unique multi media presentation, with the owls flying
to music. An amazing experience!
