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Wildlife Diary February 2024

We very rarely see Rabbits on the LLP despite them being often seen on neighbouring land in the valley. Most of their signs are droppings on the path in the Main Field near the First Field Shelter. However, Mateo spotted quite a few at night with the thermal imager in September and with the winter […]

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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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About our Wildlife Diary

The 26 acre Lennon Legacy Project was purchased in 2001 with a generous legacy from the late Vivien Lennon. This unique nature reserve includes part of the River Ashburn which runs through a woodland valley, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, where the Barn Owl Trust offices are based. Creating rough grassland, re-creating hedge banks, planting an […]

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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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Walks in Barn Owl Heaven – LLP

Visit ‘Barn Owl Heaven’ – The Lennon Legacy Project (LLP) – a wild-life haven managed for Barn Owls on the edge of Dartmoor A haven for wildlife, with open grassland and woodland alongside the River Ashburn, has been created by the Barn Owl Trust, transforming 26 acres of intensively grazed pasture into ‘Barn Owl Heaven’. […]

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