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News Bytes – February 2024

These news bytes have appeared on our social media sites, Facebook, X, formerly known as Twitter and Instagram during the month and have been pulled together here. We ran a competition to win a book! The winner was notified on 29th February, we hope they really enjoy Alfie & Me, by Carl Safina.     At the end of January we […]

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News Bytes – January 2024

News Bytes – January 2024 These news bytes have appeared on our social media sites, Facebook, X, formerly known as Twitter and Instagram during the month and have been pulled together here. Happy New Year from the Barn Owl Trust! Buy a beautiful handmade gift and support the Barn Owl Trust! Thank you so much for your support Rafiki Handcrafted!​ Barn […]

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Owly Competition – February 2024

The Alfie & Me competition is now closed. Three winners have been picked at random and will be contacted by email. Good luck and thank you to everyone who entered! Win a copy of the book Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe by Carl Safina. We have three copies of this thought-provoking […]

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BOT Office Rebuild

On the 15th of May 2023 the long-awaited office rebuild began with the demolition of our existing offices. For the duration, all of our staff were working in the (fairly cramped) Meeting Room built in 2011 by Future Proof Building with a legacy from Norman Alderson. The rebuild is being funded by legacies from the […]

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Nestbox Fever!

Since returning to work on January 3rd the Nestbox Team have been working their socks off! There are five of them who work just 7 days a week between them. By the end of this week they will have built, packed and despatched 65 nestboxes! Here are Tuesday’s boxes awaiting collection with one of the […]

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Radio Tracking Research Published

Surprisingly little is known about what young Barn Owls do when they become independent, but collaborators from the Trust, Ambios Ltd and Lotek UK have produced original scientific research on their dispersal behaviour. By fitting radio-tags to young owls in their nests, the team created an exciting opportunity to follow the juveniles as they ventured […]

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