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  1. kiang

    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    After a terrible 3 years in South Carolina, USA, Jemima Parry-Jones and her world class collection of birds of prey are back in Britain.
    Now based in Hereford-shire she is slowly building a park for the study and breeding of birds of prey from around the world, and i for one wish her luck.
    About Us | International Centre for Birds of Prey | ICBP.org

    This arrival also means we have 3 pairs of Steller's sea eagle in the UK.:)
     
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    What species do they keep there?
     
  3. zoogiraffe

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    3 pairs of Stellers Sea Eagle,their is a pair at Edinburgh,weyhill hasn`t Whipsnade or London got a pair as well,also believe their is at least 1 in private hands as i heard of 1 been used in a falconry demo in Yorkshire about 2 years ago.
     
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    I have visited twice, and enjoyed myself both times.
     
  6. mark77

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    It is still at Newent an attempt to open a new centre to the public in herefordshire failed, then the original Newent centre became available to buy back from whom it had been sold to.
     
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    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Why did they move to the USA and why did they then move back again?:confused:
     
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    The full sad story was on the ICBP web-site , not certain if still there . Jemima P-J was going to join up with a collection in South Carolina . She sold Newent , leaving some birds as part of the sale , then packed up all the rest of the birds plus her labrador dogs and went to the USA . This must have been over 3 years ago .

    I cannot remember the precise details of what went wrong , but things were not as expected , so she packed up again and came back to the UK . A property was found in Herefordshire where they went through all the usual problems of planning permission etc.
    Meantime the birds were ' in storage' in a warehouse-type building . The new owners of the Newent Centre did not make a go of it , sounds like it went down-hill quite quickly , the birds there were sold and the property put back on the market . JP-J bought it back and was able to move her birds back , after 3 years of being kept indoors , and they are hard at work trying to get the buildings and grounds back to how they had been .

    I hope I have got the outline of the story correct , I dread to think how much it has all cost .
     
  9. Hawk

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    There is a pair of Stellers Sea Eagles at Hawk Conservancy Trust as well.
    I can also remember going to the center before she moved to the USA, it'll be interesting to go back and see what species they have now compared to when i last visited
     
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    On their website there is something about all this in the about/history section and first newsletter. Also about the funding that enabled the return to newent.
     
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    I visited near the end of the inbetween owners stay and the changes then were certainly interesting!
     
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    hmm I'm even more intrigued now
     
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    Weyhill is the Hawk Conservancy Trust!
     
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    Yeah I realize that now my bad lol
     
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    We have visited the Centre when JP-J had it previously, and in the interim period. Our last visit was this July, and the only species I remember seeing originally that were no longer there were White- Bellied Sea Eagles, Bald Eagles and Mountain Hawk Eagles. I have a few photos in the gallery from our last visit.
     
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    The latest newsletter on the ICBP reports that a Steller's Sea Eagle has hatched and is bing parent-reared . Excellent news , I wonder if this is a first for the UK .
     
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    The April 2011 newsletter reports the hatching of a further 2 Steller's Sea Eagles this year . Last year's yougster is being trained for flying demonstration - should be quite a sight .

    On the web-site there is a fascinating diary recording the loss and final recovery of a Bald eagle over a week in January .
     
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    Good news about the Steller's Sea Eagles!
    It will certainly be worth returning if they will be flying one of these impressive eagles!
     
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    ICBP have now opened a second centre at Duncombe Park , Helmsley , Yorkshire .
     
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    The Yorkshire site is not too far - about 40 miles - from myself. Once it falls onto its feet I may have to give it a visit!