Whilst our beloved farm animals were kept safe during Storm Eowyn on the 24th January, the sustained high speed winds had a significant impact across our site, particularly on vital infrastructure.
Our much-loved Wings & Whiskers area, usually home to our vital Harvest Mice breeding programme alongside an abundance of animals including love birds, polecat ferrets, rabbits, Guinea pigs, and more, and integral to our education programme, has been severely damaged, losing its entire roof too the storm.
Additionally, our train platform, used by many visitors to access the wider natural habitat and rare breed animals across our site, has also taken the brunt of the storm. The picket fence and edge of the platform have given way rendering it unsafe for our visitors and workforce to use.
We are urgently seeking your support to help raise funds to enable us to quickly bring Wings & Whiskers back into use for our education sessions and wider visitors, and to allow our animals to return home. We’re also seeking support to enable us to make safe the Almond Valley Train platform, so more people can experience the many joys that Almond Valley Heritage centre has to offer.