Ashley gave a talk to Anton WI group on the work of the Trust.
Basingstoke College of Technology attended a training course.

Work started on the improvements to the car park. Maurice, the tree surgeon, set to work cutting down the huge Leylandii trees that surrounded the car park, and immediately light streamed in all over the park. Work also started on creating a new hard standing car park; the digger arrived to take off the top surface and, later in the month, hard core was laid on top, to provide all weather parking facilities.

Felling the Leylandii	Preparing the all-weather parking

Work began creating the new amphitheatre seating at the Valley of the Eagles dispaly grounds. In order to turn the seating so that the flying birds can be seen whatever the wind direction, the hedge at the back of the current seating area was removed.

The new staff room just makes it through the gate

The old green shed that has stood at the edge of the carpark for many years was dismantled, and a new temporary staff room arrived. This caused great excitement as it only just passed under the low bridge and along the narrow road to the Trust. A police escort was provided, and the room was placed in postion.

Ashley gave a talk about the Trust's work to Andover's talking newspaper.

Mike Riley with the rescued swan

The Trust came to the aid of Hampshire police who were trying to move a swan from the A303 junction near to the Conservancy. A group of staff responded to the police's call, and falconer Mike Riley, who did some work experience at the Swan sanctuary, led the way in catching the bird. Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital were called to collect the bird and gave it the specialist care it needed, and within a few days it was returned to the wild.

Delagates from the BIAZA ace conference tour arrived for a look around the Trust and a flying display.
MP Charles Walker who was at the BIAZA parliamentary reception earlier this year visited the Trust, and met with Andy, Campbell and chairman of the Trustees Marion Paviour, and was given a guided tour of the Trust.

Andy, Campbell and Ashley with the award certificates

In the evening representatives of the Trust attended the BIAZA annual awards dinner held at Marwell Zoo. This year saw the launch of a division of some of the awards into large and small collections, and it proved to be a successful evening for us, with the Trust winning 3 awards. These were:

• Meritorious Award for the best PR project for the vultures being rescued from the illegal trade, as featured on BBC's Inside Out programme
• A commendation in the best PR project for the rescued peregrine falcon returned to the wild.
• Lastly and the most important award, a meritous award for the best field conservation project for the African White Backed Vulture Conservation and research programme.

A film company attended the Trust to film our Saker Falcon in flight for background footage on a documentary about falcons.