HawkTalk Issue 92 Winter 2022

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HAWKTALK WINTER 2022 ISSUE 92

Our hospital annexe is open! We were delighted to officially open our new National Bird of Prey Hospital™ Annexe at the beginning of September with the help of wildlife presenter Megan McCubbin.

To help us with the official launch, we were joined by friend of the Trust and TV wildlife presenter, zoologist and conservationist Megan McCubbin. Megan spent time with our Hospital Manager Cedric Robert, helping him to move some of the patients into their new rehabilitation bays. This included a female Sparrow Hawk, a male Buzzard and a Barn Owl chick! The new Annexe has been built to expand capacity of the hospital, so there is potential to treat and rehabilitate more orphaned, injured and sick birds of prey each year. As well as the improvement to biosecurity measures this allows us, there is also improved access for anyone bringing a bird for assessment and treatment with a new entrance situated next to the car park.

At the official opening, guests were invited to join us for our premier screening of the Trust’s latest documentary: Stories from the Hospital. Featuring Cedric Robert and previous Conservation and Communications Coordinator Hannah Shaw, the documentary goes behind the scenes at the Hospital to give an insight into the rehabilitation and release of some of our previous patients. The construction of the new Annexe would not have been possible without kind and generous donations from our supporters, including Animal Friends, Graham & Rita Morgan, Caroline Stelling in memory of David Stelling, and Maureen Dixon in memory of Valerie Roberts.

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In light of the current Bird Flu measures, if you have found an injured, sick or orphaned wild bird of prey, please give us a call BEFORE touching or bringing the bird to the Trust