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.

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!

Hello everyone, Today we spent the day at Hedingham Castle flying the birds by the lakes, Everyone had a great day spent with Stella,Basil,Ezme,Gadget,Gizmo and Ruby.It really is a beautiful castle and the grounds are breathtaking. Many thanks to kirsten for making tea and coffees and it was a pleasure making new friends on the experiences today especially meeting young Archie...A falconer/Archeologist of the future...

Friday 1st,

Another fantastic day flying owls,hawks falcons and eagles with Chris and Janet joining us for a full days experience.

Basil and Stella performed brill again with Stella the Tawney Eagle gaining height and circling us and coming in at speed when called back into the glove. Again the owls worked great.

Today we started working with Gollum the white backed vulture, and after spending the past 4 or so weeks he has started to become manageable and feeds from the fist. His weight today was 9lbs 5.

Hi Everyone,

The 28th was spent with a hunting experience but it was rained off part way through the day so hopefully our guest Martin Buckle from the Suffolk pest control company, Bury st Edmunds will be back later in the year to continue with his experience.

The 29th was a better day with Paul and Pauline Paton spending the morning on a Hawk Walk, Scarlet even managed to catch a Rabbit on the experience!!

We wish Paul and Pauline all the best and hope they enjoyed their stay at Penny cottage (Grove Cottages) Lavenham and enjoyed their meals at the Angel Hotel,The Great House and the Lavenham swan!!