Bird of Prey Experiences

This was bought for me as a birthday gift. We had to travel quite a distance to reach the venue but it was really, really worth it. The adult accompanying the birds was super friendly and informative and made sure that everyone was well-prepared. We learned so much about the birds and got to wear the gauntlet to handle them, so there were some brilliant photos to remember the day too. It felt so special to be up close to these amazing creatures. My day with the birds was a good while back now but I still ahve the best memories!

Excellent day out especially as sun shone all day. Good venue, very open with Glastonbury Tor in the background. Knowledgeable falconers and good choice of birds.

Took our grandson aged 4we all loved it the train was spotlessly clean very friendly the guard even invited our grandson into the cab which he loved would definitely recommend excellent value

Had an amazing time on the lemur liaison and meerkat meet. Having the opportunity to feed them inside their enclosure was an experience I’ll never forget. I was really impressed that it was just us on the experience-they don’t book more than one group together, which meant the keeper was able to impart lots of information about the animals. After the experience, we really enjoyed visiting the rest of the zoo. The enclosures were nice and modern and the zoo felt more intimate, with keepers stopping a couple of times to tell us more information about the animals. For a small zoo, I saw animals I’ve never see before, such as binturongs, margays and civets. It was a really special day and I really couldn’t recommend highly enough.

Although I was initially under the impression this experience would involve flying birds (probably my fault for not reading the details correctly!), it was an absolutely brilliant day. The weather was "challenging" at one point, but that didn't stop the experience from going ahead. I initially thought the number of guests on the experience (25) was too many, but the venue easily dealt with this by splitting the group into two and assigned a separate experience leader to each group. Lisa, our experience leader, was brilliant - she was full of knowledge and responded to questions asked with lots of detail. I would fully recommend the venue we attended (World of Wings in Cumbernauld) to anybody, but it will obviously depend on where in the country you are situated. The only "negative" comment is aimed at Red Letter Days/Adventure 001 Experiences - the experience details list the venue we attended as Cumbernauld Outdoor Activity Centre, but, as mentioned above, the venue is actually called World of Wings. To the uninitiated this could lead to lots of confusion, so I would urge the organisers to update their details for this venue.

Had a great time with the meerkats today. I wasn't expecting them to be so friendly and engaging. The guide was great and very informative. Overall a fab experience.

A great 3 hours of learning about the birds, being up close to them and also holding them.