Monthly Diary - October 2009

1st
Oct
Kim, the blushing bride, holding a Barn Owl Kim, the blushing bride in a very elegant dress, but wearing walking boots! The two volunteers with Kim are holding paint and rollers. Does that mean the dress was painted on?
Left: Kim as the blushing bride

Centre: The less glamorous view

Above: The jobs of a Trust volunteer
To promote the Trust launching the Griffon Rooms as a wedding reception venue and possibly as a civil wedding venue (if licence agreed), Kim gamely volunteered to dress as a bride for some brochure pictures. Wearing Tracey's wedding dress (with walking boots underneath), after an hour with some curling tongs and some suitable summer locations a blushing bride photo was achieved.
4th Oct

A naming ceremony was held in the Griffon Rooms for the Batchelor family.
Thames Valley motor cycle group visited the Trust.
Campbell departed for fieldwork on the White-headed Vulture project at a new site in central Mozambique.
5th
Oct
The Trust and its international partners in South Africa with Graham (Gauntlet), Thierry and Jean-Louis (Puy du Fou), Trust Curator, Andy Hinton and BirdLife South Africa Executive Director Mark Anderson The group from the Trust
A group of eleven Trust staff, volunteers and supporters travelled to Africa for the White-backed Vulture project
An African White-backed Vulture sits atop a camelthorn tree A young African White-backed Vulture chick, ready for ringing
The aim of the week was to fit satellite transmitters to four birds to allow them to be tracked via our website, and to help ring young chicks in the nest.
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10th
Oct
Itchen and Countryside Art group visited the Trust for the weekend.
Mrs Derrick held an anniversary party in the Eyrie.
13th
Oct
Bonnallack & Bishop solicitors held their breakfast club meeting at the Trust.
14th
Oct
A private Owls By Moonlight evening was held for Chute Garden Club
15th Oct
Sam hosted a presentation evening for Fund A Bird sponsors.
20th Oct

Ashley and Tracey attended the BIAZA parliamentary reception at the Houses of Commons. More than 30 zoos were represented.
21st
Oct
The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) had a private Owls By Moonlight as a fundraising event.
23rd
Oct
Trustees meeting
25th
Oct
Andrew on one knee, holding a Harris' Hawk, next to his new fiancée, Carole
Andrew and Carole
A proposal during the Harris' Hawk flying session! At an agreed time a Hawk was flown to Carole with a message attached to its equipment. The message read, "Will you marry me?" and, as Carole read it, Andrew went down on one knee and produced a ring. A round of applause came from the Trust visitors when Carole said "Yes"!

Gale Gould attended a wild bird care event at Wyevale Garden Centre.
26th
Oct
Ashley, holding a Barn Owl, receiving the cheque from Rich Harris
Ashley receiving the cheque from Rich Harris
Rich Harris presented a cheque to Ashley in support of the work of the Fund A Bird project. Rich cycled over 180 miles around Somerset to help raise funds for the project.
28th Oct
A private Owls By Moonlight was held jointly for the Rotary Club and Andover Shopmobility to raise funds for their causes.
30th
&
31st
Oct
The welcoming witch Ghoulies and ghosties! Ghoulies and ghosties!
Things went bump in the night, when guests to the Trust's Halloween Owls By Moonlight evening were met by scary mix of ghouls and ghosts.
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