This was my once a year visit to what I would call my favourite Birds of Prey Collection but saying this it’s starting to look its age now.
Some of the aviaries are a little old now to say the least and could do with a refurb or a complete make over, these include all the Owl aviaries and a few of the other aviaries.
Did notice that they now have Red Tailed Hawk and Brahminy Kites in the collection, beautiful looking birds but unfortunately they are in a couple of the older aviaries.
Sad news the Pgymy Owl sadly passed away with old age, they now have an American Kestrel in the small exhibit that used to hold the Pygmy Owl.
The new Red Kite aviary at the bottom of the collection now holds a pair of White backed vultures and an African hooded vulture this aviary looks about the right size for these birds.
They now have Black kite, Yellow billed kite & Red kite in the same aviary which is great as you can see the differences between the three species at close quarters.
Secretary birds now sitting on a nest.
SPECIES SEEN TODAY –
African fish eagle
African goshawk
African hooded vulture
African pygmy falcon
African tawny eagle
African wood owl
Ashy faced owl
Bald eagle
Barred owl
Bateleur eagle
Black chested buzzard eagle
Black kite
Black vulture (American)
Brahminy kite
Burrowing owl
Chimango caracara
Common buzzard
Crested caracara
Ferruginous hawk
Golden eagle
Great grey owl
Gymnogene
Lanner falcon
Lesser kestrel
Luggar falcon
Mottled owl
Mountain caracara
Northern hawk owl
Oriental bay owl
Palm nut vulture
Peregrine falcon
Red backed hawk
Red kite
Red tailed hawk
Roe deer (in paddock at bottom of collection off site)
Ruppell's griffon vulture
Saker falcon
Secretary bird
Snowy owl
Southern boobook
Southern white faced owl
Steppe eagle
Swainson's hawk
Turkey vulture
Ural owl
Vermiculated owl
Western red footed falcon
Western screech owl
White backed vulture
White eyed kestrel
Yellow billed kite
Yellow headed caracara
Some of the aviaries are a little old now to say the least and could do with a refurb or a complete make over, these include all the Owl aviaries and a few of the other aviaries.
Did notice that they now have Red Tailed Hawk and Brahminy Kites in the collection, beautiful looking birds but unfortunately they are in a couple of the older aviaries.
Sad news the Pgymy Owl sadly passed away with old age, they now have an American Kestrel in the small exhibit that used to hold the Pygmy Owl.
The new Red Kite aviary at the bottom of the collection now holds a pair of White backed vultures and an African hooded vulture this aviary looks about the right size for these birds.
They now have Black kite, Yellow billed kite & Red kite in the same aviary which is great as you can see the differences between the three species at close quarters.
Secretary birds now sitting on a nest.
SPECIES SEEN TODAY –
African fish eagle
African goshawk
African hooded vulture
African pygmy falcon
African tawny eagle
African wood owl
Ashy faced owl
Bald eagle
Barred owl
Bateleur eagle
Black chested buzzard eagle
Black kite
Black vulture (American)
Brahminy kite
Burrowing owl
Chimango caracara
Common buzzard
Crested caracara
Ferruginous hawk
Golden eagle
Great grey owl
Gymnogene
Lanner falcon
Lesser kestrel
Luggar falcon
Mottled owl
Mountain caracara
Northern hawk owl
Oriental bay owl
Palm nut vulture
Peregrine falcon
Red backed hawk
Red kite
Red tailed hawk
Roe deer (in paddock at bottom of collection off site)
Ruppell's griffon vulture
Saker falcon
Secretary bird
Snowy owl
Southern boobook
Southern white faced owl
Steppe eagle
Swainson's hawk
Turkey vulture
Ural owl
Vermiculated owl
Western red footed falcon
Western screech owl
White backed vulture
White eyed kestrel
Yellow billed kite
Yellow headed caracara