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Raise Funds for free as you shop online

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...
Freedom for wild Little Owls

Freedom for wild Little Owls

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...
Freedom for Porridge – Tawny Owl release

Freedom for Porridge – Tawny Owl release

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...
Owl Hospital News

Owl Hospital News

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...

Warner Bros. should know better

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...