National Centre for Birds of Prey (NCBP) Reviews Summary

Flying Displays

Pros:

• "The flying displays are tremendous, seeing the birds 'do their thing' just topped the visit off."
• "All three flying displays were great, and each one was different."
• "The flying shows are amazing."
• "The demos are fantastic, the last one we saw ended with 6 kites!"
• "The flying demonstration was brilliant."
• "The displays were AMAZING!"
• "The best ever flying displays by so many different birds."

Cons:

• "The flying exhibitions but not too keen on seeing large birds couped up in small cages."
• "The enclosures were a bit stark."
• "Unfortunately for some reason a lot of the birds were sitting quite far away for you to see them in any detail."
• "Some of the cages are dirty because the birds are mating and the handlers don't want to disturb them."
• "Not too keen on seeing large birds couped up in small cages, can't be much of a life for them."
• "One of the birds disappeared in the trees in the distance which cut the flying a little short."
• "The wind and rain cut short the demo for some."

Staff and Handlers

Pros:

• "The handlers were clearly very passionate about their birds."
• "All the staff were friendly and cheerful."
• "The staff are very knowledgeable and obviously thoroughly enjoy working with the birds to give them the best experience they can."
• "The staff were super friendly and very informative about the birds in their care."
• "All the staff we encountered were really enthusiastic, knowledgeable and friendly."
• "The whole team working here are very knowledgeable and friendly."
• "Staff are so knowledgeable & genuinely care for the birds & their welfare."

Cons:

• "Only one accessible loo near the entrance."
• "The toilets could have been better."

Cafe and Food Options

Pros:

• "So friendly and as bonus they serve really lovely food."
• "The cafe is good and can do gluten free sandwiches."
• "The cafe was great as well."
• "Good cafe with reasonable prices & fab homemade cakes."
• "The cafe is lovely too the carrot & coriander soup was great."
• "My wife said the soup was lovely."
• "Good cafe too serving hot and cold drinks and snack meals."