Guardian Angels Bird Sanctuary

Guardian Angels Bird Sanctuary GABS is a charity offering support to owners of problem birds as well as offering re homing and rehab

We hope to raise awareness about the correct way to care for aviary birds and larger species of parrots. We have 30 years experience in caring for these creatures and have worked for 10 years as unpaid volunteers for another bird charity. With so many birds in our care we decided to go it alone and spread the word in our own area and beyond.

02/09/2026

After the official rankings were posted earlier today, here are the latest one year rankings. The leader after the Eastwood Christmas Lights Switch on event on Saturday 28th November will be crowned "Player of the Year" and be presented with an engraved plate and a bottle of bubbly or a massive cuddly toy, depending on the champion's age. These are the rankings after 4 events with 2 more to come:-

1 Courtney Henshaw..........................................................................................90
2 Nicola Barsby.....................................................................................................44
3 Peter Lord............................................................................................................40
4= Vicki Jones.......................................................................................................30
4= Sandra Hart.....................................................................................................30
4= Bradley Robinson..........................................................................................30
4= Phil Davenport...............................................................................................30
8 Robey Waterall..................................................................................................26
9= Dexter DC.........................................................................................................25
9= Eliza Murray.....................................................................................................25
9= Ruth Smith.......................................................................................................25
9= Anya Gregory..................................................................................................25
9= Howard Jones.................................................................................................25
9= Kade Hall..........................................................................................................25
15 Phil Gregory.....................................................................................................24
16 Cheryl Henshaw.............................................................................................23
17= Martha Newton...........................................................................................21
17= Mikey Barlow................................................................................................21
17= Mya Phillis.....................................................................................................21
20 Lilly-May Hopcroft-Beecham....................................................................20
21 Vicky Sloman...................................................................................................19
22= Hazel Charlesworth....................................................................................18
22= Martin Latham.............................................................................................18
24 Glenda McRae.................................................................................................16
25= Christine Watts............................................................................................15
25= Elliott Murray................................................................................................15
25= Trevor Bryan..................................................................................................15
28= Jack Tideswell...............................................................................................14
28= Wayne Durham............................................................................................14
28= Maggie Kettle...............................................................................................14
31= Sam Ashcroft................................................................................................13
31= Will Henshaw...............................................................................................13
33 Elsie Davies.......................................................................................................11
34= Coral Boswell..................................................................................................9
35= Maisie Durham..............................................................................................9
35= Erin Ashcroft...................................................................................................9
35= Chloe Davenport...........................................................................................9
38= Richie Watters................................................................................................8
38= Nancy Gilbert.................................................................................................8
40= Alex Rowe........................................................................................................7
40= Noah Logan....................................................................................................7
40= James Chambers...........................................................................................7
43= Steve Thomas.................................................................................................6
43= David Lee.........................................................................................................6
43= Katie Ashcroft.................................................................................................6
46= Jack Cooper.....................................................................................................5
46= Andy Stevenson.............................................................................................5
48= Karen Thomas................................................................................................4
48= Elsie Goring.....................................................................................................4
50= Paul Naylor......................................................................................................3
50= Mia Jones.........................................................................................................3
50= Louise Goring.................................................................................................3
53= Alison Davidson.............................................................................................2
53= Karl B..................................................................................................................2
53= Ann Green........................................................................................................2

02/09/2026

It was another exciting couple of days on the "Roll the Ball" table this weekend. Firstly, a little update about Sunday at the ALMFest2026, that event was won by Mandy Lord, wife of World number 11, Peter. So, at last bragging rights go to Mandy in that household. Unfortunately, it wasn't a ranking tournament but congratulations anyway and a small bottle of vodka winged it's way to Mandy.
Now on to Bank Holiday Monday and another husband and wife bragging rights switch. With the 3rd go of the day, Vicki Jones scored a brilliant 69 and 4 and a half hours later she was declared the winner and with that, moved ahead of husband Howard in the rankings. Vicki is the highest new entry at 26 and Howard has dropped to 38. Dexter DC goes in at 37 after his superb 68 and Martha Newton enters at number 44 thanks to her great score of 67. Courtney Henshaw was on fantastic form again with 3 scores above 60. Can anyone stop her. Those consistently World class scores placed her 4th, 9th and 11th on the day and she now has a 47 point lead at the top of the rankings and a 46 point lead in the "Player of the Season" race. There's another post to follow later about that.
Here's the latest rankings with previous positions in brackets:-

1 (1) Courtney Henshaw.................................................................................236
2 (2) John Humphreys.....................................................................................189
3 (4) Nicola Barsby............................................................................................182
4 (3) Cheryl Henshaw.......................................................................................175
5 (5) Phil Gregory..............................................................................................115
6 (7) Coral Boswell............................................................................................109
7 (6) Anya Gregory.............................................................................................88
8 (8) Ruth Smith...................................................................................................65
9 (9) Stuart Goring...............................................................................................61
10 (10) Maisie Durham......................................................................................55
11 (12) Peter Lord................................................................................................50
12 (13) Martin Blagg...........................................................................................50
13 (14) Will Henshaw..........................................................................................45
14 (15) Robbie Manners....................................................................................45
15 (16) Toby Goring............................................................................................43
16 (17) Harley Cook............................................................................................41
17 (18) Tella Durham..........................................................................................41
18 (19) Lola Bolton..............................................................................................40
19 (20) Paul Smith-Pepper...............................................................................38
20 (21) Megan Newton.....................................................................................37
21 (22) Wayne Durham.....................................................................................35
22 (23) Pete Smith...............................................................................................35
23 (46) Eliza Murray............................................................................................34
24 (24) Ollie Stocker...........................................................................................34
25 (25) Woody......................................................................................................34
26 (-) Vicki Jones..................................................................................................30
26 (-) Sandra Hart................................................................................................30
27 (27) Bradley Robinson..................................................................................30
28 (28) Phil Davenport.......................................................................................30
29 (29) Lilly-May Hopcroft-Beecham...........................................................30
30 (30) Donna Cooper.......................................................................................30
31 (31) Jessica Byrne...........................................................................................30
32 (23) Pete Smith...............................................................................................30
33 (32) Louise Goring.........................................................................................29
34 (33) Julie Day...................................................................................................29
35 (11) Andy Stevenson....................................................................................28
36 (34) Robey Waterall......................................................................................26
37 (-) Dexter DC...................................................................................................25
38 (35) Howard Jones........................................................................................25
39 (36) Kade Hall..................................................................................................25
40 (37) Jack Cooper............................................................................................24
41 (38) John Walker............................................................................................24
42 (41) Hazel Charlesworth.............................................................................22
43 (42) Reuben Cooper.....................................................................................22
44 (-) Martha Newton........................................................................................21
45 (42) Elliott Murray..........................................................................................21
46 (43) Mikey Barlow..........................................................................................21
47 (44) Mya Phillis...............................................................................................21
48 (45) Gez Addictive.........................................................................................21
49 (47) Vicky Sloman..........................................................................................19
50 (48) Lilian Locke..............................................................................................18
51 (49) Martin Latham.......................................................................................18
52 (50) Jill Castledine..........................................................................................18
53 (51) Torren Corah...........................................................................................18
54 (52) Katie Smith..............................................................................................18
55 (53) Theo Cooper...........................................................................................18
56 (-) Glenda McRae...........................................................................................16
57 (54) Paul Dalton..............................................................................................16
58 (55) Courtney Watkins.................................................................................16
59 (56) Arthur Bates............................................................................................16
60 (57) Stanley Reeve.........................................................................................16
61 (59) Tandy.........................................................................................................16
62 (80) Christine Watts......................................................................................15
63 (60) Rhian Cullen............................................................................................15
64 (61) Trevor Bryan............................................................................................15
65 (62) Matlida Gilbert.......................................................................................15
66 (63) Robert Locke..........................................................................................15
67 (64) Stacey Gregory......................................................................................15
68 (-) Jack Tideswell............................................................................................14
69 (66) Maggie Kettle.........................................................................................14
70 (67) Elaine Dalton..........................................................................................14
71 (68) Balazs Vari................................................................................................14
72 (69) Elsie Goring.............................................................................................14
73 (70) Julia Filus..................................................................................................14
74 (71) Niall Ruddy..............................................................................................14
75 (72) Zak Baker.................................................................................................14
76 (-) Sam Ashcroft.............................................................................................13
77 (73) Maddie Rostance..................................................................................13
78 (74) Dominic Blagg.......................................................................................13
79 (75) Abbie Stocker.........................................................................................13
80 (76) Kieran Clifford........................................................................................13
81 (77) Rio Herring..............................................................................................13
82 (78) William Newton.....................................................................................13
83 (79) Jessica Ruddy.........................................................................................13
84 (81) Elsie Murray............................................................................................12
85 (82) Nat Rocca................................................................................................12
86 (83) Elsie Davies..............................................................................................11
87 (84) Finley Lowe.............................................................................................11
88 (85) Amy Ozenbrook....................................................................................11
89 (86) Charlotte Jones......................................................................................11
90 (87) Leo Perks..................................................................................................11
91 (89) Tom Bates................................................................................................10 92 (90) Leo Bolton...............................................................................................10
93 (91) Nick Jones...............................................................................................10
94 (92) Noah Roberts.........................................................................................10
95 (94) Olivia Thorpe............................................................................................9
96 (95) Erin Ashcroft..............................................................................................9
97 (96) Chloe Davenport.....................................................................................9
98 (97) Richard Woolley......................................................................................9
99 (98) Olive Spurling...........................................................................................9
100 (99) Matthew Bullock...................................................................................9
101 (100) Oliver Johnson.....................................................................................9
102 (101) Flynn Usher...........................................................................................9
103 (102) Chris Stocker........................................................................................9
104 (104) Richie Watters......................................................................................8
105 (105) Phoebe Cook.......................................................................................8
106 (106) Nancy Gilbert.......................................................................................8
107 (107) Blake Armes..........................................................................................8
108 (108) Evie Stocker..........................................................................................8
109 (109) Brian Peel...............................................................................................8
110 (-) Alex Rowe...................................................................................................7
111 (93) Mia Jones.................................................................................................7
112 (111) Noah Logan..........................................................................................7
113 (112) Hazel Ward...........................................................................................7
114 (113) James Chambers................................................................................7
115 (114) Leanne Stenson...................................................................................7
116 (115) Tom Stimson........................................................................................7
117 (116) Pete Guiler............................................................................................7
118 (-) Steve Thomas............................................................................................6
119 (117) David Lee...............................................................................................6
120 (118) Katie Ashcroft......................................................................................6
121 (119) Pat Drabble...........................................................................................6
122 (120) Summer Inger.....................................................................................6
123 (121) Farolta Vari............................................................................................5
124 (122) Wayne Barsby......................................................................................5
125 (123) Alfie Driver............................................................................................5
126 (124) Ellie Stimson.........................................................................................5
125 (137) Noah Taylor..........................................................................................5
126 (-) Karen Thomas...........................................................................................4
127 (126) Ann Green.............................................................................................4
128 (127) Arthur Hyslop......................................................................................4
129 (128) Zoe Connor..........................................................................................4
130 (129) Ryder Herring......................................................................................4
131 (131) Paul Naylor...........................................................................................3
132 (132) Olivia Wheatley...................................................................................3
133 (133) Connor Pickering................................................................................3
134 (134) Miley Stenson......................................................................................3
135 (-) Alison Davidson........................................................................................2
136 (136) Karl B.......................................................................................................2
137 (137) Hannah Stimson.................................................................................2
138 (138) Henry Hatch.........................................................................................2
139 (139) Pete Iremonger...................................................................................1
140 (140) Verna Poppy.........................................................................................1
141 (141) Harrison Mace.....................................................................................1

Don't miss our next ranking event which is our Autumn Fayre at Greasley Sports & Community Centre Dovecote Road, Newthorpe NG16 3QN on Sunday 25th October 10am until 3pm.

Following on from our earlier post here are the details of our "Roll the Ball" ranking event at Greasley Sounds on Bank ...
28/08/2026

Following on from our earlier post here are the details of our "Roll the Ball" ranking event at Greasley Sounds on Bank Holiday Monday. We will be outside at Greasley Sports & Community Centre Dovecote Road, Newthorpe NG16 3QN. Ranking points from our Open Day in 2024 will drop off the official ranking list but the "Player of the Season" standings (below) will be unaffected. The prizes for the top 3 scores of the day (again below) are a bottle of chocolate & orange vodka, a large cuddly teddy and a gym ball that improves posture, amongst other things🥵. The players losing points and the amounts are as follows:-
Kelly Prescott 54; Andy Stevenson 25; Lileth Ford 23;
Anya Gregory 21; Jamie Place 16; Ryan Dennis 15; Phil Gregory 14;
William Newton 12; Logan Webster 11; Matt Dee 9; Kirsty Gilbert 8;
Courtney Henshaw 7; Pete Smith 5; Luke Hodson 4;
Abigail Needham 3; Mia Jones 2; Penny Clark 1;
Happy rolling everybody.😃

We've got an exciting couple of fun filled days coming up this weekend. We are canal side at the ALMFest2026 on Sunday w...
28/08/2026

We've got an exciting couple of fun filled days coming up this weekend. We are canal side at the ALMFest2026 on Sunday which is near the Great Northern pub Derby Road, Langley Mill NG16 4AA. Then, on Bank Holiday Monday, we're at Greasley Sports & Community Centre for the Greasley Sounds event. At both events we'll have a tombola, Hook-a-Duck, a delicious array of cakes and Roll the Ball, of which Monday's will be a ranking event. More details about that to follow later today. As you can see on the poster below, there'll be a free bus to catch to bring you to the Greasley event covering Giltbrook, Watnall, Moorgreen and more. Can't wait to see our regular visitors to our stalls and maybe a few new customers as well.😊

We have another chance for someone thinking about becoming a Guardian to one of our birds. This one is a Red Lored Amazo...
23/08/2026

We have another chance for someone thinking about becoming a Guardian to one of our birds. This one is a Red Lored Amazon called Monty. He is especially affectionate with women and will sit on your shoulder all night and watch telly with you. As usual, if you are interested in becoming a Guardian, please visit www.guardianangelsbirdsanctuary.org and go to the page "Adoption Guide" and read the terms and conditions. If you're happy with those, please ring Rebecca on 07772138961 or 01773 770891. No requests will be considered on this page as we need to speak to you personally.

I know this is an unusual post for us but our dear friend has these 2 gorgeous Yorkshire Terrier puppies for sale. They ...
23/08/2026

I know this is an unusual post for us but our dear friend has these 2 gorgeous Yorkshire Terrier puppies for sale. They will be fully vaccinated, micro chipped and have 5 weeks free insurance. They are priced at £1,500 each. If you are interested please contact Mandy on 07541506858.

We are looking for a forever home for this lovely lady. She is however a little nervous so you would have to have a litt...
22/08/2026

We are looking for a forever home for this lovely lady. She is however a little nervous so you would have to have a little time and patience and then the rewards would be brilliant. She talks a little and once she's safe and settled in a new home, I'm sure her vocabulary increase over time. If you are interested in becoming a Guardian, please visit www.guardianangelsbirdsanctuary.org and go to the page "Adoption Guide" and read the terms and conditions. If you're happy with those, please ring Rebecca on 07772138961 or 01773 770891. No requests will be considered on this page as we need to speak to you.

Off we go again for fund raiser number 13 on Wednesday in Chilwell (see poster). It's our second visit after last year's...
17/08/2026

Off we go again for fund raiser number 13 on Wednesday in Chilwell (see poster). It's our second visit after last year's wind affected day, so we're hoping for record takings and after a quick check on the weather forecast, everything's set fair for another excellent day. There's 2 more events this month to take our total to 6 in August and 15 this year. On Sunday 30th we are making our first visit to Aldercar & Langley Mill Festival or ALMFest2026 for short. We believe we'll be near the canal for that and then the day after, Bank Holiday Monday 31st August, we're making our way to Greasley Sounds at Greasley Sports & Community Centre. It will be the 4th ranking event of our "Roll the Ball" season, where points will go towards our 2 year ranking list and the "Player of the Season" competition, which is really anybody's to win at the moment. It'd be great if we see you at any of our fund raisers because all proceeds go towards the upkeep of our resident birds of which more than 300 of you came to see at our Open Day on Sunday 9th. Thank you once again.🫶❤️

12/08/2026

After the official rankings were posted yesterday, here are the latest one year rankings, where the leader after the Eastwood Christmas Lights Switch on event will be crowned "Player of the Year" and be presented with an engraved plate and a bottle of bubbly or a massive cuddly toy depending on the champion's age. These are the rankings after 3 events with 3 more to come:-

1 Courtney Henshaw..........................................................................................45
2 Peter Lord............................................................................................................40
3 Nicola Barsby.....................................................................................................33
4= Sandra Hart.....................................................................................................30
4= Bradley Robinson..........................................................................................30
4= Phil Davenport...............................................................................................30
7 Robey Waterall..................................................................................................26
8= Ruth Smith.......................................................................................................25
8= Anya Gregory..................................................................................................25
8= Howard Jones.................................................................................................25
8= Kade Hall..........................................................................................................25
12 Phil Gregory.....................................................................................................24
13= Mikey Barlow................................................................................................21
13= Mya Phillis.....................................................................................................21 15 Lilly-May Hopcroft-Beecham....................................................................20
16 Vicky Sloman...................................................................................................19
17= Hazel Charlesworth....................................................................................18
17= Martin Latham.............................................................................................18
19= Elliott Murray................................................................................................15
19= Trevor Bryan..................................................................................................15
21= Wayne Durham............................................................................................14
21= Cheryl Henshaw..........................................................................................14
21= Maggie Kettle...............................................................................................14
24 Will Henshaw...................................................................................................13
25 Christine Watts...............................................................................................12
26= Elsie Davies...................................................................................................11
26= Eliza Murray..................................................................................................10
28= Maisie Durham..............................................................................................9
28= Erin Ashcroft...................................................................................................9
28= Chloe Davenport...........................................................................................9
31= Richie Watters................................................................................................8
31= Nancy Gilbert.................................................................................................8
33= Noah Logan....................................................................................................7
33= James Chambers...........................................................................................7
35= David Lee.........................................................................................................6
35= Katie Ashcroft.................................................................................................6
37=Jack Cooper......................................................................................................5
37=Andy Stevenson..............................................................................................5
39 Elsie Goring........................................................................................................4
40= Paul Naylor......................................................................................................3
40=Mia Jones..........................................................................................................3
40=Louise Goring..................................................................................................3
43=Karl B...................................................................................................................2
43=Ann Green.........................................................................................................2

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