A family outing to the garden centre and we stumble across a falconry demonstration

A family outing to the garden centre and we stumble across a falconry demonstration

Wondering where to take the wife and kids over half term, we stumbled across a falconry demonstration at our local garden centre and it made for a family outing with a real difference – and what’s more the kids were totally enwrapped!

 The expert falconer had a Harris Hawk, a Snowy Owl, a female Peregrine Falcon and a huge European Eagle Owl, all sitting pretty on their wooden perches in the field next to the car park.

 I have to say, it really was magical to watch these graceful birds of prey released into the sky, only to swoop back down and glide gently onto the gloved hand of their master. The kids absolutely loved it, so much so that they want actually have a go themselves, so it looks like dad will be paying out for that sometime soon, but I don’t mind too much as I’d secretly love to have a go too! This site (Intotheblue.co.uk) has plenty of falconry events which don’t seem too expensive even for a large family.

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