We are all very sad this week as Jessica the Bengal Eagle owl, who lived at the Falconry at the end of the garden has died. She had been poorly for about a week but the Vet could not find out what was wrong with her. She had a very enlarged liver, but no-one knew why. Jessica was only 17 and could have lived for twice this based on other owls of her type. Dave and Danielle, the on site Falconers, are really upset as is everyone in the garden and the Craft Centre, as she was a real character and also gave you a good welcome when you visited. Jess was a bit of a celebrity, often appearing on TV/film or at shows (see below). We will miss her.
We have had the water trickling all week trying to keep the top pond free of ice as far as possible - still seeing the fox everynight, but I think even he is a bit chilly at -10 degrees celius. The Craft Centre has been a bit quiet this week considering it is Christmas, but listening to those that came, the roads are very well gritted this time, so there is no problem visiting us --- and we are a bit short of bread at the moment (we are getting more corn though, as we do need the internal heating!!).
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