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.

We have 2 African Greys looking for forever families. They've both had lady owners so it would be preferable for their m...
11/07/2025

We have 2 African Greys looking for forever families. They've both had lady owners so it would be preferable for their main guardians to be female. Look up the Adoption Guide on our website which is www.guardianangelsbirdsanctuary.org and you'll see terms and conditions on that page. If you agree to these please ring Rebecca on 01773 770891 or 07772138961. Please don't reply on here as we prefer to speak directly to you and we'll discuss your next steps.

Our 3rd visit to Codnor Fete is happening on Sunday. If you're in the area please pop down and say hello. There's lots g...
05/07/2025

Our 3rd visit to Codnor Fete is happening on Sunday. If you're in the area please pop down and say hello. There's lots going on and we'll have our usual array of things for you to try, play or taste. We'll have a tombola with some great prizes, "Roll the Ball" with some brilliant prizes and our new and improved "Hook-a-Duck" with....you guessed it some fantastic prizes and that's a prize every time. Don't forget our selection of homemade cakes that are affordable and delicious. It doesn't cost the Earth when you come and visit our stall. Tombola-5 tickets for £1, "Roll the Ball"-10 balls for £1, "Hook-a-Duck"-just £1.50 per go and cakes ranging from £2 for cherry bakewells, cornflake tarts, 3 different brownies and a rocky road and just £2.50 for cherry scones with jam and cream. Also here's your first look at our poster for our Open Day on Sunday 3rd August. More details to follow.

It has surprised us all that there has been no interest in Mac at all since we put him up for adoption a couple of days ...
22/06/2025

It has surprised us all that there has been no interest in Mac at all since we put him up for adoption a couple of days ago. So, we thought we'd give you more details about him. Mac's plucking is not due to any medical condition, it is grief from when he lost his mate, a female Eclectus, 18 months ago. He is extremely tame and I've never known a parrot who loves his food as much as he does. He can talk and says a number of different things. He likes men and women. However, we were planning on him staying with us forever but he decided he wants to make this strange noise every now and then. That, we can cope with but it makes our grand children cry which is why we stated not to apply if you have young children. Also, we adopted 2 dogs from the meat trade in Korea and we also foster for them as well. This noise is scary for those dogs but it doesn't effect our other dogs. His previous owner said he didn't make that noise with her so it could be that this house is too busy for him. There must be someone who'd like to adopt this cracking bird.
Please check our terms and conditions for becoming a Guardian to one of our birds on www.guardianangelsbirdsanctuary.org on the page titled Adoption Guide. If you're happy with those please ring Rebecca on 01773 770891 or 07772138961. Messages on this page won't be replied to.

With much sadness, we have to find Mac a new family. We have our reasons for this which we'll discuss with anyone who's ...
20/06/2025

With much sadness, we have to find Mac a new family. We have our reasons for this which we'll discuss with anyone who's interested. Please don't apply if you are out at work all day with no one home or if you have young children or dogs. Please check our terms and conditions for becoming a Guardian to one of our birds on www.guardianangelsbirdsanctuary.org on the page titled Adoption Guide. If you're happy with those please ring Rebecca on 01773 770891 or 07772138961. Messages on this page won't be replied to.

13/06/2025

This is a message to the lady that's coming tomorrow about the 2 macaws. Could you please ring Rebecca on 07772138961.

If you're near Bramcote later today, we'll be there for Hemlock Happening, the fund raiser to celebrate the 80th Anniver...
07/06/2025

If you're near Bramcote later today, we'll be there for Hemlock Happening, the fund raiser to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. There's certainly loads "happening"😁as you can see from the poster. We've got our usual tombola, "Hook-a-Duck", "Roll the Ball" and a selection of home baked cakes, including Cherry Bakewells, Cornflake Tarts, 4 lots of Brownies, Rocky Roads and delicious Cherry Scones with strawberry jam and cream.😋

29/05/2025

It was a big weekend for "Roll the Ball" enthusiasts because both days were ranking events and some players turned up to both.
At Brinsley Animal Rescue, the World number 1, John Humphreys was absent, so number 2 Courtney Henshaw took full advantage with a score of 68 and won her 3rd ranking event to climb once again to number 1 for the 3rd time. She and John have now won 3 events each, nobody else has won more than 1. Lottie Smith finished 2nd with a fine score of 65 and enters the rankings at 49.
Then at the Greasley Gathering, John tried to get back to number 1 and had the best score of the day, which would have been enough but sadly his 63 was only good enough for 4th place and 10 points now separate Courtney and John. Performance of the weekend though goes to Robbie Manners who won with a brilliant 71, the highest score of the year. 3 scores in the top 20 catapulted Robbie to number 14 in the rankings. Lola Bolton finished 2nd and 6th with scores of 69 and 60 and she goes in at number 18. Khali Hamida got 3rd place with a score that would have won the competition the day before (68).
Here are the latest rankings. Previous positions in brackets:-

1 (2) Courtney Henshaw.................................................................................218
2 (1) John Humphreys.....................................................................................208
3 (3) Cheryl Henshaw......................................................................................138
4 (4) Phil Gregory..............................................................................................104
5 (5) Ann Green....................................................................................................76
6 (6) Kelly Prescott...............................................................................................73
7 (7) Tella Durham...............................................................................................71
8 (5) Anya Gregory..............................................................................................67
9 (21) Will Henshaw............................................................................................51
10 (9) Robert Locke.............................................................................................51
11 (12) Hazel Ward..............................................................................................50
12 (10) Carly Nazar..............................................................................................47
13 (11) Julie Stenson...........................................................................................46
14 (-) Robbie Manners.......................................................................................45
15 (18) Ollie Stocker............................................................................................45
16 (13) Jack Till......................................................................................................42
17 (14) Maddie Rostance..................................................................................41
18 (-) Lola Bolton.................................................................................................40
19 (15) Wayne Durham......................................................................................39
20 (43) Coral Boswell..........................................................................................38
21 (16) Paul Smith-Pepper...............................................................................38
22 (17) Jamie Place.............................................................................................37
23 (23) Hazel Charlesworth..............................................................................36
24 (51) Theo Cooper...........................................................................................36
25 (19) Lillian Locke............................................................................................36
26 (20) Leanne Stenson.....................................................................................35
27 (45) Pete Smith...............................................................................................35
28 (22) Nicola Barsby.........................................................................................35
29 (24) Jack Cooper............................................................................................32
30 (25) Dean Gladwin.........................................................................................32
31 (70) Rhian Cullen............................................................................................31
32 (26) Paul Dalton..............................................................................................31
33 (27) Tom Bates................................................................................................31
34 (28) Geoff Pearson.........................................................................................31
35 (29) Balazs Vari................................................................................................31
36 (30) Elaine Dalton..........................................................................................30
37 (31) Donna Cooper.......................................................................................30
38 (32) Woody.......................................................................................................30
39 (33) Jessica Byrne...........................................................................................30
40 (34) Callum White..........................................................................................30
41 (35) Lloyd Henshaw......................................................................................30
42 (36) John Taylor..............................................................................................30
43 (37) Thomas Butler-Worrall.......................................................................30
44 (38) Gaz Veeren..............................................................................................30
45 (39) Kieran Blaney..........................................................................................30
46 (40) Julie Day...................................................................................................29
47 (41) Andy Stevenson....................................................................................28
48 (42) Nicola Fletcher.......................................................................................27
49 (-) Lottie Smith................................................................................................25
50 (108) Ruth Smith............................................................................................25
51 (44) Megan Newton.....................................................................................25
52 (46) Maisy Durham........................................................................................25
53 (47) Beth Rowan.............................................................................................25
54 (48) Charlotte Vari.........................................................................................25
55 (49) Louise Simpson.....................................................................................25
56 (50) Matt Radford..........................................................................................25
57 (52) Alex Locke...............................................................................................24
58 (53) Amelia Thorpe.......................................................................................24
59 (54) Katy Gilbert.............................................................................................24
60 (75) Phoebe Cook..........................................................................................23
61 (55) Lileth Ford................................................................................................23
62 (56) Vicky Sloman..........................................................................................22
63 (-) Phoebe Cook.............................................................................................21
64 (-) Gez Addictive............................................................................................21
65 (88) John Walker............................................................................................21
66 (66) Stuart Goring..........................................................................................21
67 (67) Courtney Watkins.................................................................................21
68 (68) Ethan Fox.................................................................................................21
69 (69) Joy Robinson..........................................................................................21
70 (70) Jill Castledine..........................................................................................20
71 (71) Mia Jones.................................................................................................19
72 (72) Katie Smith..............................................................................................18
73 (73) Martin Blagg...........................................................................................18
74 (74) Amy Smith...............................................................................................18
75 (75) Pete Exley.................................................................................................18
76 (76) Ann Jenkins.............................................................................................18
77 (77) Blake Dack...............................................................................................18
78 (78) Imogen Webster...................................................................................17
79 (-) Tandy............................................................................................................16
80 (71) Stacey Gregory......................................................................................15
81 (72) Reuben Cooper.....................................................................................15
82 (73) Hannah Stimson....................................................................................15
83 (74) Ryan Dennis............................................................................................15
84 (76) Charlie Hallam........................................................................................15
85 (77) Orla Bartlett............................................................................................15
86 (78) Niall Ruddy..............................................................................................14
87 (79) Zak Baker.................................................................................................14
88 (80) Harry Barker............................................................................................14
89 (81) Alfie Fowkes............................................................................................14
90 (-) Abbie Stocker............................................................................................13
91 (82) Kieran Clifford........................................................................................13
92 (83) Rio Herring..............................................................................................13
93 (84) William Newton.....................................................................................13
94 (85) Jessica Ruddy.........................................................................................13
95 (86) Beth Scott................................................................................................13
96 (87) Georgia Reckless...................................................................................13
97 (-) Nat Rocca....................................................................................................12
98 (89) Jacob Hatch............................................................................................12
99 (90) Craig Bailey.............................................................................................12
100 (91) Amy Wathall.........................................................................................12
101 (-) Amy Ozenbrook.....................................................................................11
102 (-) Charlotte Jones......................................................................................11
103 (92) Leo Perks...............................................................................................11
104 (93) Logan Webster....................................................................................11
105 (94) Chloe Shepherd..................................................................................11
106 (95) Linda Barnwell.....................................................................................11
107 (96) Monty Watts........................................................................................11
108 (97) Jayden Ottr...........................................................................................11
109 (98) Jason Palmer........................................................................................11
110 (-) Leo Bolton................................................................................................10 111 (99) Nick Jones.............................................................................................10
112 (100) Noah Roberts....................................................................................10
113 (101) Lily-May Hopcroft-Beecham.......................................................10
114 (102) Mark Rowan.......................................................................................10
115 (103) Freddie Longdon.............................................................................10
116 (104) Alfie Herrod.......................................................................................10
117 (105) Ellie Geehan.......................................................................................10
118 (-) Matthew Bullock......................................................................................9
119 (118) Verna Poppy.........................................................................................9
120 (150) Eliza Murray..........................................................................................9
121 (106) Oliver Johnson.....................................................................................9
122 (107) Flynn Usher...........................................................................................9
123 (109) Chris Stocker........................................................................................9
124 (110) Matt Dee................................................................................................9
125 (111) Michaela Ruby.....................................................................................9
126 (112) Abbie Hutsby.......................................................................................9
127 (113) Joshua Pykett.......................................................................................9
128 (-) Evie Stocker................................................................................................8
129 (114) Brian Peel...............................................................................................8
130 (115) Kirsty Gilbert........................................................................................8
131 (116) Enya Dove.............................................................................................8
132 (117) Sandra Barker......................................................................................8
133 (118) Verna Poppy.........................................................................................8
134 (119) Henry Copley.......................................................................................8
135 (120) Chris Wisniewski.................................................................................8
136 (121) Tom Stimson........................................................................................7
137 (122) Pete Guiler............................................................................................7
138 (123) Julie Watson.........................................................................................7
139 (124) Louie Tansley........................................................................................7
140 (125) Maddie Taylor......................................................................................7
141 (126) Steven Barratt......................................................................................7
142 (127) Summer Inger......................................................................................6
143 (128) Laon Ruby.............................................................................................6
144 (129) Rachel Wright......................................................................................6
145 (-) Alfie Driver..................................................................................................5
146 (130) Louise Goring......................................................................................5
147 (131) Ellie Stimson.........................................................................................5
148 (132) Noah Taylor..........................................................................................5
149 (133) Gary Woodhouse...............................................................................5
150 (134) Kathy Teece...........................................................................................5
151 (135) Jason Faulconbridge.........................................................................5
152 (136) Zoe Connor..........................................................................................4
153 (137) Ryder Herring......................................................................................4
154 (138) Luke Hodson........................................................................................4
155 (139) David Holmes......................................................................................4
156 (140) Olivia Thorpe.......................................................................................4
157 (141) Robyn Larner........................................................................................4
158 (142) Mel Willis...............................................................................................4
159 (143) Ellie Miller..............................................................................................4
160 (144) Evelyn Bicker........................................................................................4
161 (-) Miley Stenson............................................................................................3
162 (145) Elsie Goring..........................................................................................3
163 (146) Dorothy Coope...................................................................................3
164 (147) Abigail Needham...............................................................................3
165 (148) Pete Ward..............................................................................................3
166 (149) June Vasey.............................................................................................3
167 (-) Henry Hatch...............................................................................................2
168 (151) Richard Martin.....................................................................................2
169 (152) Xsana Connor......................................................................................2
170 (153) Owen Bowmar.....................................................................................2
171 (154) Josh Simpson.......................................................................................2
172 (155) Harrison Mace.....................................................................................1
173 (156) Penny Clark...........................................................................................1
174 (157) Deanne Mills........................................................................................1
175 (158) Lee Ashford-Bryant...........................................................................1
176 (159) Marion Hemson..................................................................................1
177 (160) Laila Clarke............................................................................................1
178 (161) Thomas Simpson................................................................................1

The next ranking event will be our Open Day on Sunday 3rd August.

29/05/2025

After poor weather forecasts for the Bank Holiday weekend, we were delighted to have only 10 minutes of light showers spread over our 2 events and we made the most of it. There was a strong wind at Brinsley Animal Rescue but it seems that didn't stop anyone turning up to make it another successful visit to this wonderful place. This is our 12th year coming here and the generosity of the staff and the public that attend this event never ceases to amaze us.
Then at the Greasley Gathering, it was a fantastic day. Rebecca's cakes sold out before 1.30 and the "Hook-a-Duck" was almost non stop all day. There was a wide variety of things to see and do at Greasley Sports & Community Centre this year and it was attended by a big crowd and we had record takings for this event. So, thank you to everyone who attended both days and made it a brilliant weekend for us in the fight to keep our rescued birds treated in the best possible way.

22/05/2025

There's a total of 460 ranking points up for grabs over this Bank Holiday weekend on our "Roll the Ball" game. So literally anyone can potentially get to number 1 after this weekend's fund raising events. The first one is at Brinsley Animal Rescue on Sunday 25th May at 69, Hobsic Close, Brinsley NG16 5AX and then on Monday it's the Greasley Gathering at Greasley Community & Sports Hall. There's lots of rescue animals to see at Brinsley on Sunday and I'm sure there'll be lots of stories about how they were saved and many stalls selling their wares. Then, at Greasley it will be a carnival atmosphere with stalls indoors and out and lots of activities to try.
There's good news for ranking point winners in these 2 events 2 years ago. They took place later in the year so none of you will be losing points but beware, before our next ranking event (our Open Day on 3rd August) points will be coming off from both of these events so score as many as possible this weekend.😊

Thank you to all of you who donated on or before our event last Saturday at Lowdham Village Hall. There were lots of don...
21/05/2025

Thank you to all of you who donated on or before our event last Saturday at Lowdham Village Hall. There were lots of donations and it was brilliantly organised again by Michele Matthews and her team of lovely ladies and the final total was a new record for this event. And so on to one of our busiest weekends now. On Sunday 25th May we'll be at Brinsley Animal Rescue for their Spring Open Day. We'll have 2 tombolas (1 will be a kids teddy tombola). We'll have our "Hook-a-Duck" and "Roll the Ball" games as well.
Then the following day it will be Greasley Gathering time again (see poster). In addition to what we have at Brinsley, will be Mac, our very talkative eclectus parrot and lots of homemade cakes. More details to follow about our "Roll the Ball" events which are ranking events on both days.😉

Our second fundraiser of the year is happening at Lowdham Village Hall on Main St, Lowdham, Notts NG14 7BD on Saturday 1...
12/05/2025

Our second fundraiser of the year is happening at Lowdham Village Hall on Main St, Lowdham, Notts NG14 7BD on Saturday 1.30pm until 3.30pm (see poster). Every month they very kindly put on an event dedicated to a different local animal charity and this month is our turn. We look forward to this every year because it's a lovely calm day with some affordable goods to buy and the money they raise for us helps tremendously when our funds have taken a hit during the winter months when fund raising opportunities are sparse. We'll be providing a few cakes to help with their cake stall this year to help the ladies out a little and we'll have our tombola running.
It's the beginning of a very busy 3 weeks for us and here is where you can catch us:-
Saturday 17th May...........................Lowdham Village Hall 1.30-3.30pm
Sunday 25th May..............................Brinsley Animal Rescue 11am-4pm
Bank Monday 26th May...................Greasley Gathering 10.30am-3pm
Saturday 7th June....................................Hemlock Happening 1pm-6pm
Remember that every penny raised goes towards the upkeep of our resident birds. Including food, vet fees, bird toys, cages etc.

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