Hiscox Insurance brokers held a corporate day for their clients at the Trust.

Corporate Owls By Torchlight event held for Rose's of Devizes.

Volunteer Lou Ritchie visited Longparish school for school outreach programme.

Volunteer Jon Scott visited Camelot Nursing Home in Amesbury with an owl to allow residents, who are unable to visit the Trust, to see one at close quarters.

Peregrine Falcon ready for release

Showing the transmitter fitted to its tail

A young peregrine falcon, one of two that had fallen from a nest site at Fawley power station, was returned to the wild after receiving care at the Trust. Before release it was fitted with a radio transmittor allowing NPower staff to track it after its release. The release was filmed by ITV Thames Valley Tonight for their local news bulletin. The second bird has a broken wing but it is hoped that with treatment and physiotherapy that it will be able to be returned to the wild later in the year.

Lou Ritchie visited Shepherds Spring School as part of the Trust's schools outreach programme.

Falconers Sam and Richard travelled to Nether Wallop to put up a Barn Owl box on an estate.

A group of children from Chernobyl visited the Trust as part of their trip to the UK.

Photo by Brian May

Staff and volunteers manned a stand at the Festival of Falconry event in Newbury. Our display featured in the Conservation tent and displayed all the research and conservation programmes carried out by the Trust. Children visiting the event could try their hand at dissecting owl pellets. This was the first time this event had been held and proved to be a great success with thousands attending to learn more about falconry and birds of prey in general.

A Summer Evening event was held at the Trust. Visitors could tour the grounds, have a tractor ride around the medow and enjoy a ploughman's supper.

A group from University of the Third Age visited the Trust.

Audiovisual equipment	Movable whiteboard

The Swing into Summer ball took place despite torrential rain almost threatening to flood the marquee during the day. Eventualy the rain stopped and the guests braved the chilly weather in their summer dresses, drinking Pimms whilst watching a flying display. The evening proved to be a great success and between the ball, an auction of promises and a raffle, the event raised over £3000 for the Trust and its projects.

The Hawk Conservancy Trust Summer Ball in pictures

A second group of children from Chernobyl visited the Trust.