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This month the AVS team travelled to Herefordshire to assist in a sight saving operation in a beautiful female peregrine falcon. Due to progression of cataracts in both eyes, this 8 year old peregrine was now sadly completely blind and as a result no longer able to negotiate her aviary and find food. Her quality […]

To ensure we continue to offer the very best in avian healthcare, AVS has teamed up with veterinary cardiologist Mike Holgate BVetMed Cert VC MRCVS. With well over 10 years of experience in this field, Mike has been providing mobile cardiology referral services to veterinary practices throughout the North West and Midlands. To date he […]

Valentine’s romance blossoms in the boarding room as these Sierra Parakeets got up close and personal

A photograph of Richard’s peregrine falcon ‘Gwen’ has made the front pages! She is proudly gracing the front of the current edition of the Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, the official publication of the Association of Avian Veterinarians The journal is sent out approximately 1700 avian vets all over the globe.

A Quaker parakeet now named Charlie has had quite a traumatic few weeks. Firstly, he was found seemingly abandoned before Christmas, in a field in North Wales with 2 other parrots, but kindly rescued by a member of the public and taken in by the RSPCA who assumed he would be quickly reunited with his […]

See excerpts from a review by Helen McDonald (Samuel Johnson prize winning author of ‘H’ is for hawk) originally printed in the Journal of the British Falconers Club 2014 p. 129-131 The Mirror of Falconry by Pierre Harmont and The Falconry of Francois de Saincte Aulaire Translated by John Loft (ISBN 0953588121) “This exquisite volume is […]

Our festive period opening hours; Wednesday December 24th 9am – 12 noon Thursday December 25th CLOSED Friday December 26th CLOSED Saturday December 27th 9am – 12 noon Sunday December 28th CLOSED Monday December 29th 9am – 12 noon Tuesday December 30th 9am – 12 noon Wednesday December 31st 9am – 12 noon Thursday January 1st CLOSED […]

A pair of kestrels had a lucky escape last month when they were both grounded after getting covered from head to toe in mud on a landfill site. Falconer Dan came across one of the muddy falcons in a ditch and when he tried to catch it, as it was clearly in trouble, it ‘ran’ […]

 (Warning – This article contains images of surgical procedures) Three and a half years after her dramatic ‘hysterectomy’ op (see below) Belina (and friends) came in this week for their annual health check. We are pleased to report that at 6 years old she looks fantastic and is most certainly still top of the pecking order with […]

Napoleon an adult male Martial Eagle was presented to AVS earlier in the year with an extremely swollen hind toe. These stunning eagles are the largest in Africa with females weighing over 6 kg with a wingspan of up to 9 feet!! The hind toe or ‘hallux’ is essential for the grasping of food/prey and […]