Wing and a Prayer

Welcome to the Building Project

Here we will show you a little of what has been happening at the Haven to improve the housing and surrounding environment for the resident birds.

Thanks to generous donations from the public, we have been able to update old aviaries and build new ones and we hope to be able to continue the project for a long time to come.

Starting with the largest of the birds, completion of of their new aviary was in January. We also updated two existing large aviaries. Three new large flights for Barn and Tawny sized owls were completed during late February early March, more of the same size flights are in early stages of build these will be for pigeons, jackdaws, doves and other rescue birds to give them the space they need to learn to fly again before release.

The aviaries are constructed so that many different types of

bird can make use of them.

Aviary Design

We may need to isolate a bird from another while they have medical treatment so by having doors on the nest boxes, one bird can be shut away without stress while the other bird is treated.

Branches coming down to the floor enable birds with mobility problems to get up and down to the higher perches with greater ease.

Cleaning. This has to be as easy as possible, not just for us, but for the birds too. In order to cause minimum stress, we have to ensure that we can clean the aviaries quickly and so making the space jet washable makes the job fast and easy to do for us which in turn helps the birds not get stressed out for too long.

Whilst we hand feed the majority of the residents, it can also be done through new hatches to the rear of the aviaries. If we have a wild bird, this allows us to feed it without entering the aviary, thereby reducing stress to the bird. The hatches also mean that volunteers can assist with feeding without having to enter the aviary.

With different types of birds come different types of environment. Most will sit at the highest point on a branch just watching the world go by, but there are some who like to get away from it all so giving each aviary the same design it lets us use which ever one is available at the time its needed.

Special needs cases are normally dealt with indoors in cages to restrict the bird's movement and providing a warm and closely monitored environment .

The hospital wing is still in early stages of construction so please come back another time to see how it is progressing.

The same goes for the gardens. They are taking a battering during all the building works and wet weather. Hopefully during mid summer they will be looking a little nicer and more colourful.

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enquiries@wingandaprayerhaven.org.uk

Tel :- 07766 685102

Wing and a Prayer Wild Bird and Owl Haven

Norfolk, UK

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