Guardian Angels Bird Sanctuary

31/05/2026

Our fundraising roadshow continues next weekend as we move on to Bramcote and the Hemlock Happening with 7,000 people expected throughout the day. We'll have our usual 3 cabinets full of cakes, tombola and games including "Hook-a-Duck" and "Roll the Ball".
Cherry scones packed with strawberry jam and cream are just £2.50 and 3 different brownies, rocky roads, cornflake tarts and bakewell tarts are just £2 and they're big, so definitely one at a time is enough. Obviously, I'd certainly take a few home because they're just so nice and we have proper cake boxes to take them away. The tombola is 30p each or 5 tickets for £1, "Roll the Ball" is just £1 for 10 balls and the "Hook-a-Duck" is just £1.50 with a prize every time. Where do you see that and the ducks go round very fast. If your child doesn't win a prize, he/she gets a free lollipop. Weather is 19 degrees with cloudy skies (so far anyway), so come on down because it's fun for all the family.

30/05/2026

Sorry it's late but here is the updated ranking list for our "Roll the Ball" game after Monday's Greasley Gathering event.
It was a good day for the Henshaw's, who all took advantage of their nearest rivals not turning up in the extreme heat of the day. Courtney extended her lead at the top of the rankings having managed 5th and 17th place. Cheryl is turning up the heat on both Courtney and John Humphreys in 2nd place after she finished 7th and Will got some valuable ranking points having achieved 10th place and jumps from 14th to 9th on the list. The highest new entry at number 30 is winner Bradley Robinson, Howard Jones, who was 2nd goes straight in at 39 and Peter Lord's 3rd place catapulted him from 95th to 28th on the ranking list.
Last week's positions are in brackets:-

1 (1) Courtney Henshaw.................................................................................235
2 (2) John Humphreys.....................................................................................206
3 (3) Cheryl Henshaw.......................................................................................200
4 (5) Nicola Barsby............................................................................................138
5 (4) Phil Gregory..............................................................................................105
6 (6) Coral Boswell............................................................................................100
7 (7) Anya Gregory..............................................................................................84
8 (8) Stuart Goring...............................................................................................61
9 (14) Will Henshaw............................................................................................55
10 (9) Kelly Prescott............................................................................................54
11 (10) Andy Stevenson....................................................................................53
12 (11) Martin Blagg...........................................................................................50
13 (12) Maisy Durham........................................................................................46
14 (13) Robbie Manners....................................................................................45
15 (37) Hazel Charlesworth..............................................................................43
16 (15) Toby Goring............................................................................................43
17 (16) Harley Cook............................................................................................41
18 (17) Tella Durham..........................................................................................41
19 (18) Ruth Smith..............................................................................................40
20 (19) Lola Bolton..............................................................................................40
21 (20) Paul Smith-Pepper...............................................................................38
22 (21) Megan Newton.....................................................................................37
23 (22) Hazel Ward..............................................................................................37
24 (23) Lillian Locke............................................................................................36
25 (24) Pete Smith...............................................................................................35
26 (25) Ollie Stocker...........................................................................................34
27 (26) Woody......................................................................................................34
28 (95) Peter Lord................................................................................................31
29 (27) Rhian Cullen............................................................................................31
30 (-) Bradley Robinson.....................................................................................30
31 (28) Phil Davenport.......................................................................................30
32 (29) Lilly-May Hopcroft-Beecham...........................................................30
33 (30) Donna Cooper.......................................................................................30
34 (31) Jessica Byrne...........................................................................................30
35 (32) Louise Goring.........................................................................................29
36 (33) Julie Day...................................................................................................29
37 (34) Paul Dalton..............................................................................................28
38 (35) Robey Waterall......................................................................................26
39 (-) Howard Jones............................................................................................25
40 (36) Kade Hall..................................................................................................25
41 (38) Julie Stenson...........................................................................................25
42 (39) Beth Rowan.............................................................................................25
43 (51) Jack Cooper............................................................................................24
44 (40) John Walker............................................................................................24
45 (41) Phoebe Cook..........................................................................................23
46 (42) Lileth Ford................................................................................................23
47 (52) Mia Jones.................................................................................................22
48 (43) Reuben Cooper.....................................................................................22
49 (121) Elliott Murray.......................................................................................21
50 (44) Mikey Barlow..........................................................................................21
51 (45) Mya Phillis...............................................................................................21
52 (46) Wayne Durham......................................................................................21
53 (47) Gez Addictive.........................................................................................21
54 (48) Ethan Fox.................................................................................................21
55 (104) Eliza Murray..........................................................................................19
56 (49) Ann Green...............................................................................................19
57 (50) Vicky Sloman..........................................................................................19
58 (53) Martin Latham.......................................................................................18
59 (54) Jill Castledine..........................................................................................18
60 (55) Torren Corah...........................................................................................18
61 (56) Katie Smith..............................................................................................18
62 (57) Theo Cooper...........................................................................................18
63 (58) Courtney Watkins.................................................................................16
64 (59) Arthur Bates............................................................................................16
65 (60) Stanley Reeve.........................................................................................16
66 (61) Jamie Place..............................................................................................16
67 (62) Tandy.........................................................................................................16
68 (63) Trevor Bryan............................................................................................15
69 (64) Matlida Gilbert.......................................................................................15
70 (65) Robert Locke..........................................................................................15
71 (66) Stacey Gregory......................................................................................15
72 (67) Ryan Dennis............................................................................................15
73 (-) Maggie Kettle............................................................................................14
74 (68) Elaine Dalton..........................................................................................14
75 (69) Balazs Vari................................................................................................14
76 (70) Elsie Goring.............................................................................................14
77 (71) Julia Filus..................................................................................................14
78 (72) Niall Ruddy..............................................................................................14
79 (73) Zak Baker.................................................................................................14
80 (74) Harry Barker............................................................................................14
81 (75) Alfie Fowkes............................................................................................14
82 (76) Maddie Rostance..................................................................................13
83 (77) Olivia Thorpe..........................................................................................13
84 (78) Dominic Blagg.......................................................................................13
85 (79) Abbie Stocker.........................................................................................13
86 (80) Kieran Clifford........................................................................................13
87 (81) Rio Herring..............................................................................................13
88 (82) William Newton.....................................................................................13
89 (83) Jessica Ruddy.........................................................................................13
90 (-) Christine Watts.........................................................................................12
91 (84) Elsie Murray............................................................................................12
92 (85) Nat Rocca................................................................................................12
93 (86) Elsie Davies..............................................................................................11
94 (87) Finley Lowe.............................................................................................11
95 (88) Amy Ozenbrook....................................................................................11
96 (89) Charlotte Jones......................................................................................11
97 (90) Leo Perks..................................................................................................11
98 (91) Logan Webster......................................................................................11
99 (92) Chloe Shepherd.....................................................................................11
100 (93) Linda Barnwell.....................................................................................11
101 (94) Tom Bates..............................................................................................10 102 (96) Leo Bolton.............................................................................................10
103 (97) Nick Jones.............................................................................................10
104 (98) Noah Roberts.......................................................................................10
105 (99) Mark Rowan.........................................................................................10
106 (-) Erin Ashcroft..............................................................................................9
107 (100) Chloe Davenport................................................................................9
108 (101) Richard Woolley..................................................................................9
109 (102) Olive Spurling......................................................................................9
110 (103) Matthew Bullock.................................................................................9
111 (105) Oliver Johnson.....................................................................................9
112 (106) Flynn Usher...........................................................................................9
113 (107) Chris Stocker........................................................................................9
114 (108) Matt Dee................................................................................................9
115 (109) Michaela Ruby.....................................................................................9
116 (-) Nancy Gilbert............................................................................................8
117 (110) Blake Armes..........................................................................................8
118 (111) Amelia Thorpe.....................................................................................8
119 (112) Evie Stocker..........................................................................................8
120 (113) Brian Peel...............................................................................................8
121 (114) Kirsty Gilbert........................................................................................8
122 (115) Enya Dove.............................................................................................8
123 (-) James Chambers......................................................................................7
124 (116) Leanne Stenson...................................................................................7
125 (117) Tom Stimson........................................................................................7
126 (118) Pete Guiler............................................................................................7
127 (119) Louie Tansley........................................................................................7
128 (-) Katie Ashcroft............................................................................................6
129 (120) Alex Locke.............................................................................................6
130 (122) Pat Drabble...........................................................................................6
131 (123) Summer Inger.....................................................................................6
132 (124) Laon Ruby.............................................................................................6
133 (125) Farolta Vari............................................................................................5
134 (126) Wayne Barsby......................................................................................5
135 (127) Alfie Driver............................................................................................5
136 (128) Ellie Stimson.........................................................................................5
137 (129) Noah Taylor..........................................................................................5
138 (130) Gary Woodhouse...............................................................................5
139 (131) Arthur Hyslop......................................................................................4
140 (132) Zoe Connor..........................................................................................4
141 (133) Ryder Herring......................................................................................4
142 (134) Luke Hodson........................................................................................4
143 (135) David Holmes......................................................................................4
144 (136) Olivia Wheatley...................................................................................3
145 (137) Connor Pickering................................................................................3
146 (138) Miley Stenson......................................................................................3
147 (139) Abigail Needham...............................................................................3
148 (140) Pete Ward..............................................................................................3
149 (-) Karl B.............................................................................................................2
150 (141) Hannah Stimson.................................................................................2
151 (142) Henry Hatch.........................................................................................2
152 (143) Owen Bowmar.....................................................................................2
153 (144) Pete Iremonger...................................................................................1
154 (145) Imogen Webster.................................................................................1
155 (146) Verna Poppy.........................................................................................1
156 (147) Harrison Mace.....................................................................................1
157 (148) Penny Clark...........................................................................................1
158 (149) Lee Ashford-Bryant...........................................................................1

Don't forget that the next ranking event will be at the Open Day at our sanctuary on Sunday 9th August at 26, Wood Street, Eastwood NG16 3DD. 10.30am until 3pm.

26/05/2026

We had another brilliant day at Greasley Gathering yesterday. The ironic thing is that you're always praying for a rain free day and of course we certainly got that. However, because of the searing heat the crowds were down on last year's event and I don't blame them.
Although, the "Roll the Ball" table was going most of the day and for the second ranking event in a row, there were 3 new names on the podium. Bradley Robinson won the day with a brilliant 69, 4 points clear of his nearest rival and that put him joint top in the player of the season race. Howard Jones, after more than 5 years of trying, finally scored some ranking points after his 65 meant he finished 2nd yesterday and as a consequence is now joint 4th in that race. Peter Lord, who is already in the rankings, finished 3rd and goes joint 6th and he will make a decent climb when we publish the official ranking list later on this week but for now here are the latest standings in the player of the year race after 2 events:-

1=Bradley Robinson...........................................................................................30
1=Phil Davenport.................................................................................................30
3 Robey Waterall..................................................................................................26
4=Howard Jones..................................................................................................25
4=Kade Hall...........................................................................................................25
6=Peter Lord..........................................................................................................21
6=Mikey Barlow...................................................................................................21
6=Mya Phillis.........................................................................................................21
9=Courtney Henshaw........................................................................................20
9=Lilly-May Hopcroft-Beecham....................................................................20
11 Vicky Sloman...................................................................................................19
12=Hazel Charlesworth.....................................................................................18
12=Martin Latham...............................................................................................18
14=Elliott Murray.................................................................................................15
14=Trevor Bryan...................................................................................................15
16=Cheryl Henshaw............................................................................................14
16=Maggie Kettle................................................................................................14
18 Christine Watts...............................................................................................12
19=Will Henshaw.................................................................................................11
19=Elsie Davies.....................................................................................................11
21 Eliza Murray.....................................................................................................10
22=Erin Ashcroft.....................................................................................................9
22=Chloe Davenport............................................................................................9
24 Nancy Gilbert.....................................................................................................8
25 James Chambers..............................................................................................7
26 Katie Ashcroft....................................................................................................6
27=Jack Cooper......................................................................................................5
27=Andy Stevenson..............................................................................................5
29 Elsie Goring........................................................................................................4
30=Mia Jones..........................................................................................................3
30=Louise Goring..................................................................................................3
32=Karl B...................................................................................................................2
32=Ann Green.........................................................................................................2
34 Nicola Barsby.....................................................................................................1

Our next ranking event will be at our very own Open Day at our sanctuary on Sunday 9th August at 26, Wood Street, Eastwood NG16 3DD. 10.30am until 3pm.

23/05/2026

The prizes are sorted for the "Roll the Ball" competition at The Greasley Gathering on Bank Holiday Monday at Greasley Sports & Community Centre. The winner gets the choice of a bottle of Prosecco, a cuddly mum and baby panda and an outdoor darts game. Remember it's a ranking tournament and everyone is welcome to try and climb up the rankings. The first cakes have been made....these scrumptious corn flake tarts and there's plenty more to come. Three different brownies, a rocky road, bakewell tarts and cherry scones with jam and cream. See you there.

19/05/2026

More details on the "Roll the Ball" tournament on Bank Holiday Monday May 25th at Greasley Sports & Community Centre, Dovecote Road, Newthorpe NG16 3QN from 10.30am until 3pm during The Greasley Gathering event.
Good news for everyone in the rankings. No points will be coming off your total until our Open Day. Just to update you on the new initiative, the "Player of the Year", when just one years rankings will be used to see who the winner is after Eastwood Christmas Lights. The triumphant "Roll the Baller" will win a plaque and a bottle of plonk or children's alternative prize depending on who wins. After the Easter event here are the front runners:-

Phil Davenport 30; Roeby Waterall 26; Kade Hall 25; Mya Phillis 21; Mikey Barlow 21; Lilly-May Hopcroft-Beecham 20; Vicky Sloman 19;
Martin Latham 18; Trevor Bryan 15; Elsie Davies 11; Chloe Davenport 9; Andy Stevenson 5; Elsie Goring 4; Louise Goring 3; Ann Green 2; Nicola Barsby 1;

Good luck everyone and the prizes for the Greasley Gathering event will be posted later on in the week.

19/05/2026

The weather's going to be brilliant (fingers crossed) but one thing we can guarantee is fun for all the family. We'll be there with our usual tombola and games including "Play Your Cards Right", Hook-a-Duck" and "Roll the Ball", which is a ranking event and counts towards the end of year "player of the season" prize which is based solely on performances in this years tournaments. More details to follow. And of course don't forget there'll be loads of homemade cakes for sale in our brand spanking new cake display cabinets. There'll be "no flies on us" or our cakes.😁See you on Monday.

18/05/2026

We have had numerous applications for membership forms on the strength of our African Grey advert but not one person has rung Rebecca. We don't want to give people false hope by sending forms out to a lot of people when there is only one bird up for adoption. As it states on the post we need to have a chat to make sure we get the right fit for this lovely bird. So, if you are really interested you must ring Rebecca on 01773 770891 or 07772138961. Thank you.

17/05/2026

Through no fault of her own this little one has come in to us and needs a forever home. She is better with men but is very shy and nervous. As usual for any parrots they will need time to settle down and get to know their new family. 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.

04/05/2026

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