5th
Oct |
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Celebrating
winning the runners up prize |
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Staff and Trustees attended the South
East Tourist Board England for Excellence Tourism awards.
The Trust was one of three shortlisted in the Visitor
Attraction of the Year (under 100,000) section.
Sadly, for the second year running we were the runner up,
beaten this time by Loseley Park Stately home.
Still we
shall try again next year and hopefully it will be third
time lucky.
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... and drowning
our sorrows on the way home |
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12th
Oct
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L to R Jane, Gary,
Andy, Amy and Adam in South Africa |
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Andy, Gary and Jane, along with research student Amy King
and volunteer Adam Rose fly to Kimberley, South Africa to
assist Dr Mark Anderson in the South African vulture ringing
project.
During their stay the Trust financed and provided the manpower
to build a wild bird viewing hide at one of the vulture
restaurants. |
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Two African White-backed
Vultures with a Lappet-faced Vulture between them |
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14th
Oct |
The
International Owl Society held their annual general meeting at
the Trust. |
16th
Oct |
Kim attended a Health & Safety training course
at Cricklade college. |
17th
Oct |
Jemma attended a food safety seminar
run by Test Valley Borough Council. |
18th
Oct |
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Major Lewis collecting boxes from Trust staff and
volunteers |
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Major Nigel Lewis, Imber Barn Owl Conservation group,
attended a photo session at the Trust along with Trust
volunteers who assisted in making barn owl boxes to be
used by his group.
Britax Social club held an Owls By Torchlight evening
at the Trust. |
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19th
Oct |
Basingstoke College of Technology attended a training course
at Trust. |
23rd
Oct |
Start of half term week, and last week of opening at the Trust. |
26th
Oct |
The final Trustees meeting of the year. |
28th
Oct |
15 volunteers from the Zen
Kyo Shin martial arts group began the first of their three
volunteer days at the Trust. Their first task was to clear
the area that will become the woodland owls and hawks arena
for the 2007 season.
Ashley and Tracey flew to Austria as
the guests of optic company and corporate sponsor Swarovski,
to visit their optic factory. |
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Zen Kyo Shin group after a hard days work |
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29th
Oct |
Radio 4 broadcast a programme recorded earlier in year, featuring
the Tawny Owl release programme. They interviewed Sam and the
research students, and went on a radio tracking session for the
released owls. |
30th
Oct |
Radio 4 children's programme 'Going for
it' recorded one of our
children's owl experience sessions at the Trust. Featuring children
from Amport school, James and presenters assist the children
in owl pellet dissection, owl call identification and owl flying.
The programme was broadcast in early November. |
31st
Oct |
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Gift shop (?) |
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The Gift Shop/reception area has been cleared ready for
its major re-fit over the closed season. |
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Monthly
Diary - October 2006
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