by | Mar 17, 2018 | Barn Owl Trust News
Current UK Barn Owl population updates. March 2020 By mid-March we had received two reports of egg-laying; one from the west and one from the east coast of Scotland. This is at least a month earlier than the average First Egg-laid Date for the southwest of England, so...
by | Feb 20, 2017 | Barn Owl Trust News
The State of the UK Barn Owl Population 2016 report was published in February 2017 – more details here. How did Barn Owls do in 2016? Overall, 2016 was a rather poor year for Barn Owls in the UK but with marked geographical variation. A poor year in most areas...
by | Jan 30, 2017 | Barn Owl Trust News
The Oldest Wild British Barn Owl The Bisham Barn Owl Group, set up in 2014 to study Barn Owls in South Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire have made an amazing discovery – Britain’s oldest wild Barn Owl! Barn Owl Longevity Knowing how long birds live is one of the many...
by | Jan 5, 2017 | News Archive
Click to see latest pictures of released owlets – January 2017 Background story: In early November 2016, we received a phone call from Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue who had received two fallen owlets on the 22nd October. After determining that they could not be...
by | Aug 17, 2016 | News Archive
Last night the Barn Owl Trust held its first evening Bat Walk event. It was attended by 5 lucky people plus Devon Consultant Ecologist and bat expert Louise Woolley. The weather couldn’t have been much better with a warm day followed by a clear still night and an...