If you shop online you can raise donations for the Barn Owl Trust without it costing you a penny by signing up with ‘Give as you Live’ To date (November 2015) 149 folk have signed up to support our work and raised an amazing £2,256.74 by using ‘Give as you Live’ to shop at over […]
The two Little Owls received at the end of July from Vale Wildlife Hospital near Tewkesbury were released last night in our orchard. After being fitted with BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) rings on the 18th August the Owls were placed in one of our mobile aviaries in the orchard to acclimatise them to their […]
On the night of the 22nd May, Porridge the Tawny Owl took to the wild. Porridge arrived here at the end of February and was around 6 weeks old which means she hatched in mid-January. She was one of the earliest owlets ever recorded as most Tawnies don’t even lay their eggs until mid-March. She was found in Dartmoor prison […]
In April a beautiful Barn Owl came to us to convalesce from the Veterinary Hospital Group in Plymouth having been treated for a broken wing. The picture (right) shows him when he arrived with his broken wing externally wired. He has now had his final visit to the vets and has just been moved into […]
The Barn Owl Trust has written to Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter following the release of video footage captured by a PETA investigator in February 2015. The footage showed a tethered Barn Owl being reluctant to hold a booklet in its beak and the handler clearly saying “He did it […]
We have a new arrival! This beautiful Barn Owl came to us to recover having been treated for a broken wing by the Veterinary Hospital Group in Plymouth . He was found near Delabole in North Cornwall (an area known for the world famous Delabole slate) so we have named him ‘Dela’. Dela will be staying at the Trust whilst recovering […]
On 7th March our senior conservation officer, David, found a very lucky Tawny Owl on the road near Ugborough. The owl had obviously only recently been hit as was in the centre of the road waiting to be squashed by the next fast car. ‘Ug’ as she is now known had a break in her left […]
Meet Porridge the Tawny Owl owlet! He arrived at the Trust at the end of February and is around 6 weeks old which means he hatched in mid-January! He is one of the earliest owlets in the year ever recorded as most Tawnies don’t even lay their eggs until mid-March. He was found near Dartmoor prison hence our admin team have […]
Published this week (Feb 2015) – the State Of The UK Barn Owl Population 2014 can now be found on our website. Despite winter 13-14 being the stormiest and wettest for 250 years, it was mild and therefore quite a good one for Barn Owls (except where long term flooding was an issue). An early spring […]
This Wildlife Diary began in 2007 and is a monthly report from the Trust’s land which is managed for Barn Owls and other wildlife. It is known as the Lennon Legacy Project or LLP: ‘Transforming intensively grazed sheep pasture into Barn Owl Heaven’.
