HawkTalk Issue 92 Winter 2022

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HAWKTALK WINTER 2022 ISSUE 92

Ryan RAN! He did it! On Sunday October 2, Bird Team member and Registrar Ryan Stephens completed the biggest challenge of his life and ran the London Marathon! Ryan had never attempted a marathon before, and even went through a brief period of illness at the beginning of the year, so we’re extremely impressed that he completed the marathon with an amazing time of 4 hours and 58 minutes! Ryan has been putting in the hard work and dedication it takes to train for a marathon, all to raise money for the National Bird of Prey Hospital™. With the help of generous donations from our community online and at the Trust, he absolutely smashed his original target of £6500 in August, and has raised over £10,500 pounds! The money that Ryan has raised will go towards the work of the National Bird of Prey Hospital™, which can take in up to 200 injured, orphaned or sick wild birds of prey each year. Our Hospital Manager and veteran marathon runner himself, Cedric Robert, has been supporting Ryan throughout his training all year. We couldn’t be more proud of Ryan and this fantastic achievement, and we’re so grateful for the support that all our amazing visitors, donors and members have shown Ryan over his marathon journey – thank you! His donation page will stay open for a short while, so please do continue supporting Ryan if you can. Members’ Working Day We’re excited to invite all our members to the annual Members’ Working Day, this year being held on Saturday 3 December. Our Members’ Working Day is a rewarding day of maintenance work around the Trust grounds. You’ll have a chance to work with some of our team, get hands-on to keep our visitor attraction centre looking spick and span, and get to know your fellow members over a free lunch! Every year we look forward to this special day welcoming you on. If you’d like to get involved in this fun day, please email jemma@hawkconservancy.org. We’d love to see you there!

Ryan with medal in-hand

Raffle

There’s still time to enter our raffle to be in with a chance of winning a day with our Bird Team! The lucky winner and one friend will join us for a full day and go behind-the-scenes to areas not normally open to the public. There will be an opportunity to help with the day-to-day care of our birds, including flying them. The prize winner will also have an opportunity to be involved in one of our three world-class flying displays! Raffle closes 31 December 2022. Terms and conditions apply.