Zoe Ginster, a long-time customer of Woodlore's and a familiar face on many of our courses and expeditions over the years, kindly sent in the following article with some great photos:

Hi Woodlore, I recently spent a wonderful morning handling and flying birds of prey in North Cornwall with my mum Lyndon as her birthday treat!

[caption id="attachment_1489" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Zoe with Twilight, the Kestrel[/caption]

We flew Storm, a magnificent Harris Hawk, Charli, a cheeky African Spotted Eagle Owl, Salt, the sweetest Barn owl, and had the privilege of handling Belle, a beautiful Sparrowhawk plus Twilight, a very inquisitive Kestrel, and Bramble, a stunning Eurasian Eagle Owl. As well as viewing and learning about interesting breeds including a Russian Steppe Eagle.

[caption id="attachment_1485" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Storm, the Harris Hawk[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1488" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Charli, the African Spotted Eagle Owl[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1486" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Salt, the Barn Owl[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1487" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Twilight, the Kestrel[/caption]