Welcome to the Building Project

Over the past year, we have achieved a tremendous amount.

Thanks to generous donations from the public and from friends, 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 their new aviary was in January 2008. We also updated two existing large aviaries. 

Since then, five large, new  owl aviaries have been erected complete with safety corridors, and are now full! In addition, we have completed an aviary block for wild birds, complete with 7 aviaries of varying sizes, a safety corridor and a small kitchen area. These aviaries are also full at the moment. We also erected a large pergola type structure which houses all of the wild bird feeders. This is situated next to the release pen where the youngsters spend a couple of weeks prior to release. This gives them the opportunity to watch the other birds feeding and gives them shelter from the elements for the first few days of their new lives as wild birds.

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 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, they can also be fed through 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 aviaries.

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 by 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 our current project and should be up and running by spring 2009 ready for the influx of baby birds. There will be a large room to house all tinies and non-contagious sick and injured birds, a kitchen and loo and a smaller room which will house our owl food freezers and will double as an examination and isolation room.

The gardens have taken a battering during all the building works and wet weather. Hopefully during mid summer they will be looking a little nicer and more colourful.

Email Us Below

  enquiries@wingandaprayerhaven.org.uk

Tel : 07766 685102 / 07920 112029