Hi to everyone from Lavenham falconry in Suffolk,Today we spent the afternoon at Hedingham Castle, and another lovely day although it was a little overcast as the experience continued.And again Gizmo gained height today and pitched at over 80ft and circled over the guests for approx 1 minute. For the first time today we introduced Boris the Russian steppe eagle and worked him beside the lakes for 5 or 10 mins and explaining to our guests the method of training Boris is having to train him from being a static display bird to a valued member of our flying team.

Monday was spent on flying experiences at the Castle,Everyone enjoyed their day and the weather was great!!

Working in the beautiful grounds is fantastic and we are so lucky to have the opportunity to work here.

Gizmo the barn owl was brilliant and obedient to the glove,although he did range out a little but returned once called.

We have been very busy at lavenham Falconry this past few days with training Boris and working with the falcons. This year we bred some Peregrines and imprinted a male for next year for displays.

Sunday we were visited by Paul and his wife in the morning and Mark and his wife in the afternoon to spend time with the birds, We hope Mark managed to get home on his motorbike before the heavens opened up!!!

Boris really is coming on really well and now flying 75yds to the glove,the only thing iv noticed is that he sometimes forget to put the breaks on and hits the glove really hard.

Saturday at lavenham falconry was a very busy day,working on the tractor after having guests for an experience, the usual team worked really well 7 birds flown and did really well...

Stella the Eagle worked really well as usual, and the guests really enjoyed their time with us..

Philip spraggins(china) took some really good photos for us and will be at lavenham falconry from 5am setting up to take some photos of kingfishers along the river brett, I will pop down china at 8am to make a cuppa...

Friday at lavenham falconry we spent the day working on our site and flying Boris to try and build his stamina.Harry Charles 3.5 yrs helped repairing the fence and a lesson learnt dont give a 3.5 yr old a spirit level and a hammer. Saturday i spent an hr putting right harrys work!! The guests who spent saturday with us noticed Harrys handy work!!

Thanks to Chris Humphries for emailing us a photo of Gizmo the barn owl,really pleased it so cool!!

This morning we had the pleasure of meeting Mr & Mrs Hyham and Mr & Mrs Tracey for an experience at lavenham. Weather was great in the morning but the heavens opened up in the late afternoon.All the birds proformed well and we managed to exercise Boris twice during the day, Progress with Boris is steadily continuing and flying from post to glove and in reverse is ongoing.We received some photos from Colin Edwards today ,check out our facebook page, Wow they are brilliant!!!!We will be adding over the next few days more photos on our website so look out for them.

today we were at hedingham castle running a half day experience by the lake with 3 flying and 3 participating guests its so beautiful, on the team today was Gadget,Gizmo the barn owls,Ruby the  superior Harris Hawk Ezme the scops and Basil and stella the eagles, fun packed non stop flying with a cuppa tea and biscuits at break time in the castle grounds.

At the end of the day Boris was out and had a mess about getting use to the area, and seemed more interested in the large carp in the lake then the chicken on the glove , bless him but he soon realised that work needed to be done and was again away up and running!

This past week we have been spending alot of time with one of our new Eagles, Boris the Russian steppe. His flying is becoming stronger every day with a varied diet of chicks,rat,hamster and guineapig to give him extra energy. Hopefully his flying will improve   and with confidence fly more and more to the fist from perches. We will keep you updated as to his progress...