The latest news and events from the Barn Owl Trust.
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10 All-New Barn Owl Conservation Videos!
The Barn Owl Trust is proud to announce the release of 10 new instructional videos on Barn Owl conservation. These videos have been designed to give members of the public and all involved with Barn Owl conservation an invaluable visual reference source. We noticed an absence of useful Barn Owl material on YouTube. We searched […]
The First Barn Owl Directory
The Barn Owl Trust has launched the first ever UK Barn Owl Directory. This allows visitors to the BOT website to find by region, groups and individuals to help with local conservation advice, Barn Owl casualties or Barn Owl surveys for planning applications.
Bat Walk
Friday 3rd AUGUST 2018 – 8pm Lead by a local bat expert, this event will involve a walk around the LLP during the early evening and stopping in different habitats to listen for bat activity with a bat detector; bring your own detector if you have one please. We have previously recorded: Greater horseshoe. Lesser horseshoe. Common pipistrelle. Soprano […]
Barn Owl Trust courses for ecologists and planners
We offer 2 different one-day courses: Barn Owl Ecology, Surveys and Signs (BOESS) – a one-day foundation course covering Barn Owl ecology, legislation, surveying and basic mitigation. Typically run twice in February, July and November. Advanced Barn Owl Surveying and Mitigation (ABOSM) – for previous attendees of BOESS, our advanced course covers surveying, mitigation, and report preparation in […]
30th Anniversary Prize Draw
Each year we hold a Prize Draw to raise funds, this year is rather special because it’s our 30th Anniversary and we’ve had some brilliant prizes donated. Tickets are now on sale and are £5 for a book of five. Make a donation for yours (please tell us it’s for the Draw). Help Barn Owls and have a chance […]
Nestcam Diary 2018
To watch our wild Barn Owl webcams, please go to WildlifeTV and click the Barn Owl photo for Barncam or Nestcam. Wildlife TV kindly provides the cameras and live footage free to the Trust. About our owl cams. August 2018 10th – it would appear that the two juvenile birds are still spending time in the barn during the day, often […]
Wildlife Diary 2018
August 2018 At the beginning of the month, some Blackthorn removal was carried out for the benefit of Brown Hairstreak butterflies. Keeping in mind it was the bird breeding season, trainees and volunteers from Ambios carefully and diligently removed a section of mature Blackthorn from under the Ash trees along the roadside boundary. Only one […]
Happy 30th Birthday – Barn Owl Trust!
This year the Barn Owl Trust is celebrating its 30th year as a registered charity! “Conserving the Barn Owl and its Environment” Founded in 1988, we’re still a very small UK charity working very hard to conserve one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We believe that we can reverse Barn Owl decline through education […]
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UK Barn Owl population – latest news
05/04/18 The first egg has been reported to us today, from a site in North Devon. This is something of a surprise after all the cold and wet weather Devon and Cornwall has experienced recently. This included officially being the wettest two counties in the whole of the UK in March, as well as receiving significant […]
New report – ‘State of the UK Barn Owl Population’
The State of the UK Barn Owl Population – 2017 report has just been published and distributed by email to all our UK conservation contacts. The results are based on the checking of 6,955 potential nest sites by 38 independent Barn Owl projects, and ringing groups. The number of contributing groups has grown from 28 […]
Conservation Days
Practical conservation work with the Barn Owl Trust. Make a Difference! Get involved and help the Conservation Team with practical work in our wildlife haven managed for Barn Owls.