Norfolk falconry are proud to have teamed up with Lenwade Country House Hotel to bring you the ultimate Norfolk bird of prey experience this Christmas.
The Norfolk falconry Christmas experience starts early on the 29th November, with Santas Grotto. See Santa sitting in his Igloo with a full Christmas scene unfolding before you, watch live reindeer waiting patiently for Christmas Eve, to whisk Santa around the world. As a bonus, you will meet Ice , the first snowy owl recorded chasing a lure, completing the ultimate Christmas bird of prey experience.
The Christmas Bird of prey experience sadly finishes Christmas eve, when Santa rushes to deliver all the presents ( to those that have been good ).
Once the snow has sufficiently covered Santas Grotto ( booked for the 29th November I will give you a sneak peek inside
If you wish to make the most of your stay in Norfolk, I have arranged special rates with the gorgeous Lenwade Country House Hotel, take a look.
* Please enquire which days after the 29th November ( The Grande Christmas Grotto opening ) the Snowy owl will be present.
During the Renaissance falconry was the sport of Kings and the upper classes, however since the Renaissance and certainly in Modern times with the now common Harris hawk, falconry is available to almost everyone, Norfolk falconry teach bird of prey handling and falconry in Norfolk
This is I believe, the first owl in the world to fly to a falcons lure, certainly the first Snowy owl in the UK. On this video, she is over weight from a fantastic display the day before, in very strong winds, so she is not as keen for the lure as usual.
With medieval falconry was a ranking system, depending on your status as to which hawk you were allowed, the medieval falconers stated only Kings and princes could have a Peregrine Falcon or above, the common person during medieval times settling for owls and Kestrels, however today, unlike during medieval falconry, you are free to have almost any bird of prey, however birds of prey are not like other birds, there are most important rules to follow in the art of falconry, Norfolk falconry will teach you the right and wrong way to keep birds of prey, with a large collection of birds of prey to learn with, including owls hawks long wings and Buzzards
Unlike falconry in Florida and other states of America, falconry apprenticeship does not exist in the UK as such however the Norfolk falconry apprenticeship consists of a week long course, teaching the guidelines of falconry in the UK
At Norfolk falconry you can handle Barn owls, a Snowy owl and an Indian eagle owl or a European eagle owl
You can learn falconry with one of the Norfolk falconry lessons or book a full falconry course using various birds of prey including Harris hawks Kestrels and red tail buzzards
Norfolk falconry dont forget the children Norfolk falconry have Barn owls and Kestrels for the young children to learn how to handle birds of prey
Norfolk falconry started 20 years ago breeding birds of prey known as Birds Direct, but realising that you love birds of prey Norfolk falconry decided to work with your requests and now offer :
What unusual present can you give someone who has everything A Norfolk falconry gift voucher makes a superb present, with a wide range of bird of prey experiences and falconry experiences you have found the perfect present.
Every birthday present and gift includes real hands on bird of prey experience, for example the bird of prey experience includes touching and handling all the working birds of prey at Norfolk falconry including the Buzzard, snowy owl, barn owls, European eagle owl, Bengal eagle owl, Kestrels and the Harris hawks, but more than that, you will take a stroll round the breeding aviaries and meet the Ferruginous Buzzards and the red tail hawks.
After as much bird of prey handling as you wish, your experience involves flying a Harris hawk, Indian eagle owl, Kestrel and Buzzard, the Harris hawk walk is around some of the prettiest countryside in the Heart of Norfolk and lasts approx 2 hours, on your return to Norfolk falconry you can fly the Indian eagle owl, Kestrel, Buzzard on the large meadow just a short walk away.
As more birds of prey gain experience and develop there will be more birds of prey to fly, for example the snowy owl is still young, but her training begins soon, the barn owls are still balls of white fluff, but as they grow rapidly it wont be long before you can get involved in their training, the Red tail hawks are very new to Norfolk falconry but their training has started, though at this time they are too nervous for you to handle.
Please have a look in the falconry shop before you leave as we have an ever increasing range of falconry equipment on offer, with bow perches and T perches arriving soon. The bow perches are heavy stainless steel, tried and tested by Norfolk falconry as are the T perches, designed and tested by Norfolk falconry, sign up to the falconry shop to be notified of the arrival of the bow perches and T perches. Included in the falconry equipment arriving soon are falconry gloves UK, various sizes of falconry gloves from Eagle gloves to light leather falconry gloves ideal for Kestrels and other small birds of prey.
