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The Red-tailed Hawk is one of the most widely distributed hawks in the Americas. It breeds from central Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories east to southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and south to Florida, the West Indies, and Central America. The Red-tailed Hawk occupies a wide range of habitats and altitudes, including deserts, grasslands, forests, agricultural fields and urban areas. They eat small mammals, including rodents and rabbits. They also eat birds, reptiles, fish and insects.

The Bengal Eagle Owl is a fairly large owl with prominent brown ear-tufts. Dark and light morphs of this bird occur. It is also known as the Rock Eagle Owl or the Indian Eagle Owl. Habitat: Rocky Hills with bushes, earth banks, wooded county with ravines, semi-deserts with rocks and bushes. They have been known to inhabit old Mango orchards close to human populations. Bengal Eagle Owls usually hunt from a perch, but will also make low foraging flights to dive on prey. They primarily hunt rats and mice, but will also take birds up to the size of peafowl.

These mischievous bunch of tawny owls came to us in September 2020 they had come in from a rescue of many owls, they had many health conditions.

The Malaysian Wood owl, also called the Brown Wood Owl, is a fairly large nocturnal owl measuring about 15 inches in length with a wingspan of about 30 inches. This owl is dark brown to black in colour with light brown undersides. Its head is rounded with dark eyes surrounded by lighter coloured facial disks. The diet of the Malaysian Wood Owl consists of small mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and fish. The Brown Wood Owl is a shy, nocturnal bird

A Barn Owl is a medium-sized raptor that is active at night. Raptors have strong grasping talons for killing prey, and a hooked upper beak for tearing meat. The Barn Owl has a white heart-shaped face and white chest with small brown spots. The back is tawny, marked with black and white spots The Barn Owl is one of the most widely distributed birds in the world, found on all continents except Antarctica. The Barn Owl occupies a wide range of habitats and altitudes, including deserts, grasslands, forests, agricultural fields and urban areas.

The Eurasian eagle-owl is a species of eagle-owl that resides in much of Eurasia. With their bright orange eyes, mottled feathers, and "ear tufts," Eurasian Eagle-owls are visually striking animals.

Their large, powerful feet and strong flight make them effective hunters.

Harris Hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus) is a medium-large sized bird of prey found from North America southward to Central and South America. These birds of prey are highly sociable and are easy to be trained.

We have 2 cows at Applecast, Jane and Rosie. These two are Hereford x Jersey heifers and were born in July 2020. This breed is a small breed of cow mainly used on dairy farms.

A Female cow who has not yet had a calf is called a heifer so that is what Jane and Rosie are. Once they have had a calf they are then classed as a cow.

It's very rare to see Kenny our African Pygmy Hedgehog out of his bed, but when the nights are now drawi in earlier, we see so much more of him! Isn't he just the cutest?

We have 3 Alpacas at AppleCast. Alpacas are part of the camelid family which is why they resemble a camel and a llama. Alpacas are used mainly for wool, they have extremely soft wool and this wool is fire resistant, durable and hypoallergenic.

It is usually a more expensive wool than sheep’s wool as it is so much fluffier and soft.

Kune Kune pigs originate from New Zealand, they are such a friendly breed of pig and love human interaction.

We have 4 pigs here at Applecast,

At Apple cast we have a range of feathery friends.

We even have some rare breed chickens and ducks including Peekin ducks and Legear chickens.

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At Applecast we have 4 Greyface Dartmoor sheep . this breed are classed as a Rare breed and are in the minority category. They are a very sociable breed of sheep and love attention and a cuddle. Grey face dartmoor are a medium sized sheep with quite short legs and hornless. Traditionally their wool is used for carpets, blankets and cloth as it is quite a long curly fleece

We have 7 North Ronaldsay sheep, 6 Ewes and Barry the Ram. This breed are much more flighty and unsociable than the Dartmoors. They are also classed as a Rare breed and are in the vulnerable category meaning that there is only between 500-900 left. They are a much smaller breed than our other sheep and lots of people mistake them for goats because of the horns and slim figure.

Here at Applecast we have 4 young Rhea, they came to us when they were about 3 weeks old. Rhea are originally from South America, they live around grassland areas and roam the open spaces.

They can grow up to 5ft tall and weigh around 50lb with the males being larger.

These 2 are a lot bigger than the miniatures and also much stronger. Sunny arrived back in 2016 and then 2 years later came Stavros.

They haven’t always been friends but after much persuasion sunny let him in and now they are inseparable.

These are a very small breed of Goat, they have been bred to be as small as 40cm tall to the withers.

They are a cheeky breed and a great addition to Applecast and are always a hit with the little ones!

Shetland ponies originate from the Shetland isles, they are used to harsh weathers, this is why they have such fluffy coats in the winter. They are a small breed of horse and only stand about 107cm, they usually have a chunky body with little legs. They are mainly used for driving and companion horses, this is due to there small size but stocky body.

Melissa is our gentle giant shire horse. She's quite the beast to behold as the biggest physical character at Applecast.