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The Owl Bowser

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Posted by Vincent Jones on July 29, 2007 at 10:50 AM
The Owl Bowser
Taken yesterday purely as a record shot highlighting the experiences Gloucestershire is having with water supplies. Due to the lack of support offered to Wildlife Centres, this shows the Bowser that we ended up purchasing half full from good old eBay. £150 - bargain lol

The Owls can stay clean & have fresh water for their daily water baths.:smile:

Here you can see Juliette showing one of the Owls (Gyzmo) his new water facilities.

Please note, this bowser is mobile & can be made available & driven to other sites where other animals struggle to get fresh water.

I hope this is OK to post as I think it applies to wildlife welfare, including the wild rescues we have in at present.
Posted by Paula Graham on July 29, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Great stuff...I was wondering if you were affected by the tapwater problem or the high water table/flooding even and what about slimbridge?
You are doing such a great job in your own place and for wildlife generally. I do admire you.
Posted by Brian McGeough on July 29, 2007 at 4:31 PM
Hi Vincent,

I have to agree with Paula, you are doing a great job up there for the wildlife.
I wondered while watching the BBC news if you were the Vincent Jones from Gloucestershire who sent them the message about removing silt from the severn to reduce flooding ????????

Brian

Posted by Vincent Jones on July 29, 2007 at 5:46 PM
Hi brian, yes that was me :eek: :smile: One day someone might attempt to re-dredge the Severn, there isn't much to dredge really, only about 14years worth of silt build up:rolleyes:

Thanks for the kind comments from you both regarding the work I do, you wanna see the grey hairs I have obtained :biggrin:
Posted by PhilH on July 29, 2007 at 6:45 PM
All been said..... Bravo that man. :wavey:

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 30, 2007 at 3:02 AM
Grey hairs show character Vin :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Keep up the good works :toast:
Posted by Paul Gibbs on July 30, 2007 at 4:03 AM
Nice, to see the centre is not out of action. The fact i's mobile should be useful as it means you can always drive it away to get refills...

Cute that the Owl is following her gesture.