Hi, my name is Robert and I am President of this club dedicated to the younger Bleakholt supporter (not small goats). Why not become a Bleakholt Member and receive a regular newsletter. We would love you to get interested in the goings on here at the Sanctuary. Another way you can get involved and help the animals here is through sponsorship. This lets you pick a favourite Bleakholt friend to help maintain. They will send you a great photo and certificate.

I am the one who knows what is really happening around this place. I live in the front row overlooking our main yard so I get to see who is coming and going. Nothing gets past me. Come up to the Sanctuary and say "Hello". If you like reading (and I hope you do) why not make a Bleakholt bookmark to use. On one of them you will see my old departed friends, Sheba, and also Tom watching that computer "mouse"! We miss them but will never forget them.

My army of animal friends help me out and have put together some activities for you. Hope you enjoy them! Why not try my a jigsaw puzzle. I have three to choose from - Horses; Sunset at Bleakholt; or Bleakholt Mascot. If you save them to your computer you can play them any time or send one to your friends by e-mail.

Finally a joke a friend of mine once told me - What do you call a sheep with no legs? - A cloud! When you have finished laughing try the frog game at the bottom of the page to test your reflexes. Oh, and by the way, watch for my spies keeping an eye on you! See if you can find them all.

 

BLACKJACK'S QUIZ... Try to guess the oldest known age for the following animals?: 1. Goldfish 2. Dove 3. Tortoise 4. Elephant 5. Dog 6. Human Being 7. Snake 8. Rabbit 9. Cow 10. Cat CLICK HERE for answer

...and SPOT THE DIFFERENCE Can you find the five differences between these two pictures?  CLICK HERE for answer

It's Friday's Fascinating Facts!

Hello there all you Ailurophiles (cat lovers!). My name is Friday. As you can see I only have one ear. That's because Robert said I had to keep an ear to the ground for interesting facts! One day I'll remember where I left it! Well I managed to find some fab facts instead. So here goes. Somehow this time they have a certain feathered theme - can't imagine why I'd be attracted to find out about dicky birds!

DID YOU KNOW ? :-

# A parrot named Prudle won the Best Talking Bird title for 12 consecutive years and knew over 800 English words. Gosh, what a chatterbox. I'm glad I only have one ear.

# The largest wingspan of any bird belongs to the wandering Albatross whose wings stretch to a massive 11 feet 11 inches.

# An Emperor Penguin has been known to dive to a depth of 483 metres.

# The Ostrich which stands at over 8 feet tall is the fastest land bird achieving speeds up to 45 miles per hour. A bit too quick for me.

# The largest discovered bird nest was built by bald eagles over in Florida, America. It weighed a mighty 2 tons (that's a lot of feathers and twigs!) and measured 9 feet 6 inches across to a depth of 20 feet.

# On the 29th November 1973, a Ruppell's Vulture collided with an aircraft at 37,000 feet which is the highest recorded flying bird.

# Andean Condors are scavengers. They are the heaviest birds of prey at between 20 and 27 pounds. They never know when their next meal is coming so make up for it when they do find food. They can gorge themselves so much that they then cannot move. Sounds like someone I know!

# A Common Tern set off from Finland in June 1996 and was found in Australia in January 1997 having covered a distance of 16,150 miles holding the record for the longest known flight for a bird. Now that is what you call flying south for the winter.

Well, I'm off to find yet more facts. See you again soon!

Press the New Game button (when it appears) to begin playing.
Click your mouse on the flies to splat them.

This page is dedicated to the memories of Sheba, the German Shepherd pup and Tom, our office cat who started it. See them on our bookmarks page.