Woodside Falconry Trip

Well, what a fun-filled and activity packed day we have had!!

Very excited children on the bus.

Mrs Addison was excited too!

The first animal we saw when we arrived was Polly the Parrot, though we didn't stop and talk to her.

After dropping off our lunches and a quick safety talk, we were off into the Tropical House with our tour guide.

Thomas looking at the terrapins.

The Lemurs that we met first of all were behind glass, but they were very inquisitive and came straight over to look at us.

Outside however, the Lemurs were free and very excited to see our guide who had a bucket full of food!

A trip around the park had us visiting the meerkats, giant tortoises, white wolves, ostriches and a huge collection of birds, including owls and falcons.

Here is Pati's fabulous impression of a meerkat!

Next up was the bird show - we had amazing front row seats!

You can see how close the birds got to us. They were swooping very low over our heads so it was very important that we didn't stand up.

After lunch was something that the children were VERY excited about, the reptile handling! They were very patient whilst they waited for them to be brought round and all of the children had a go at stroking or holding each animal.

We weren't allowed to hold the tarantula (which Ms Rogan was VERY happy about) but they did bring her around so we could have a good look.

Even the grown-ups had a go at handling the snakes.

Poor Mr Edwards got bullied into holding the snake, but I don't think he was very happy about it!

The final activity of the day was pig racing - we had to pick a colour and cheer on the pig!

I hope all of the children had a wonderful day and have told you all about it. A big thank you to our volunteers Miss Chapman and Mrs O'Donnell for coming with us.

All of the children have been given a leaflet with free admission for one child on it, so hopefully you can visit with them again!