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Posted by: polypody Aug 18 2020, 02:06 PM

Looking through some old leaflets I'd kept for over 10 years I came across one for the charity 'Wings of Freedom' that were involved in the care of birds of prey. Does anyone know what happened to WoF as I cannot find any current reference to them on the web?

Posted by: SirWilliam Aug 19 2020, 07:43 AM

Must admit i have not heard of them but if you fire off an email to the Hawk Conservancy Trust at Weyhill I am sure they will have some reference.
Probably, as is the case with most charities, the founder is living it up in the West Indies.

Posted by: Biker1 Aug 19 2020, 08:58 AM

The only reference I could find, although they appear to have been on a slightly different vein to that which you describe.
I imagine they are now defunct??

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-20296718

Posted by: je suis Charlie Aug 19 2020, 08:58 AM

Didn't try too hard did you.

https://helpwildlife.co.uk/rescues/0594/

https://residents.sovereign.org.uk/advice-and-support/employment-and-training/business-start-up/colins-story-wings-of-freedom/

BBC News - Berkshire charity Wings of Freedom needs new premises
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-20296718

https://www.thecomet.net/news/knebworth-care-home-residents-celebrate-british-birdlife-1-6471678

http://raptorandowlsos.weebly.com/our-founders.html

https://www.wingsoffreedom.co.uk/story

Posted by: polypody Aug 19 2020, 11:01 AM

Thanks for the responses folks. By the way Charlie I found your comment 'Didn't try too hard did you' rather sarcastic.

Posted by: Biker1 Aug 19 2020, 11:56 AM

He probably meant me.
Just ignore him, rudeness seems to abound on this forum which it probably why it is frequented by a certain few!

Posted by: je suis Charlie Aug 19 2020, 02:07 PM

Sorry you were upset, but it took a rather cursory two minutes search to dig up that info.

Posted by: SirWilliam Aug 19 2020, 03:08 PM

Well that's two minutes of your life you won't see again.

Posted by: je suis Charlie Aug 19 2020, 05:30 PM

Wish I hadn't bothered really. Can someone tell me what the weather's like because I can't be arsed to spend ten seconds typing it into Google.

Posted by: SirWilliam Aug 20 2020, 02:04 PM

My ever so smart, (their words not mine), phone keeps telling me there is a yellow warning of wind in Newbury?
What the h**l does that mean?

Posted by: MontyPython Aug 24 2020, 09:57 AM

I had a curry last night, Sorry!