This Easter we are hosting not 1 but 3 Easter Weekend open days. Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Monday we are opening the centre to host a range of talks, quizzes, pellet dissection, feather discovery, crafts, as well as meeting our birds up nice and close. All these activities are included in the entrance price to the centre. I’ll be posting a timetable of talks and activities next week so keep an eye out. Moss End Garden Village is also home to lots of other small business and fabulous shops, why not make a day of your visit. The post Easter Weekend 2024 appeared first on Feathers and Fu ..read more

Do you dislike it when the winter months bring darker evenings, but you still have little ones to entertain? Well we have got you covered, with flood lights our centre is still very much somewhere to come and visit after school so we have decided to offer free entry to all children (normally prices at £2) from Tuesday to Friday after 4pm throughout the winter months. Between 4 and 5pm there is still plenty of time too do the quiz and read all about the birds on the centre tour. And with Reef Keeper at Maidenhead Aquatics and Jungle Reptiles there is plenty to keep animal and bird loving littl ..read more

Join us this weekend, the 30th of July for the Moss End Summer Fair. With a wonderful collection of stalls, including T Whites and a Glitter Bar ( Katrina is totally making a b-line for this first thing in the morning!!!) Moss End is hosting a number of activities throughout the day including a talk from ourselves and Jungle reptiles. We are supporting the open day with a variety of activities up here at the centre including arts and crafts, talks about our beautiful birds and pellet dissection. All these activities within the centre are including in the entrance fee, and your receipt allows y ..read more

This week’s blog follows on from the Wildlife Wednesday posts and Fun Fact Friday on our social media which were all about Hobbies and the other falcons we have here in the UK, so here are a few more amazing insights into these amazing Birds of Prey. Let’s start with the stunning Hobby. These guys are definitely the standout dressers of the falcon world with their dark striped waist coats, red buff trousers and dark grey over coat with a dark malar stripe on a white face really standing out as a lovely mask. Arriving here in the UK from April to May, they use the UK as a base for breeding, sta ..read more

Feathers and Fur Falconry Centre proudly invites you to our first ever open weekend at Moss End Garden Village. Our ‘Eggcellent’ Easter Weekend will host a weekend of :- Bird of Prey and Owl Talks Arts and Crafts Quiz and Colouring Easter Owl Hunts Plus the chance to visit the centre and see all our wonderful birds. For the first time since we have officially opened our gates we are hosting an event weekend, so please head on down to join us. Over the course of Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Monday we will be doing informal talks with our birds, below is a time table of the talks so you c ..read more

Christmas Opening Hours. Looking for something to do with the family in the wierd days of the Christmas and New Year gap??? Why not come on down to Feathers and Fur Falconry Centre and say hi to the birds. The centre is open to the general public until Christmas Day we are then closed on the 25th and 26th of December 2022 and then back open until the 1st and 2nd of January 2023. The centre is open 10am-5pm Tuesdays – Saturdays and then 10-4pm on Sundays (other than the days mentioned above) and we would love to see you visiting the centre. Sending everyone an amazing Christmas and Happy New Y ..read more

Finally an update!!! (November 2021) Its been so long and I feel that if you have followed us on social media you have been by our sides for every nail, plank of wood, wheel barrow of gravel, and tear. So as we approach Christmas 2022 I thought it was time to up date you on where we are at Feathers and Fur Falconry Centre.  Firstly I want to say how amazing everyone has been, from Jamie and Olivia, the volunteers and the other business at Moss End who have welcomed us with open arms. I am truly in awe of what we have achieved together. Secondly here are the 3 key points of where the centr ..read more

Life so far 2020 has proven to be a very difficult year for absolutely everyone, and even through we have managed to survive and didn’t need to call for help like many many zoos and falconry centres across the country we are now facing the single biggest hurdle we have ever faced…… ……We are Moving!!!!!  In September of this year, where where given the devastating news that the landlord has decided to step back from their roll and give the whole site to a new business and investment company called the Granary Group. Unfortunately the Granary groups future vision of a garden centre does no ..read more

What is a Hen Harrier? Hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) are the most intensely persecuted bird of prey in the UK and are native to this country. They are an RSPB Red Listed species, meaning they are one of the highest conservation priority species in the UK and are deemed to need urgent action. Hen harriers are ambush hunters designed for agility rather than speed and their Latin name Circus comes from the Ancient Greek kirkos meaning ‘circle’ referring to their circling flight. The species name cyaneus is Latin for ‘dark-blue’ referring to the gorgeous colour of the male Hen harrier. They are s ..read more

Frozen food for Reptiles and Raptors  So today was a massive day for us, a great step in adjusting to the new world! We launched the sale of our frozen Reptile and Raptor foods. In early 2020 Reading Reptiles shop which was based on site along side our centre at Ladds Garden Village, sadly closed its doors and with it went our supply of frozen food. So we decided that we would skip the middle man and supply our own birds along side others that had also lost their source of food for animals such as reptiles and snakes. Sooooooo because nothing is ever as simple as it seems we set about ren ..read more