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Wildlife Diary 2021
September The month began dry and mild and, on the 6th, and the 7th we recorded temperatures over 25°C. In the whole of August, the highest we recorded was 22.5°C! By the beginning of the month most of the sunflowers had faded and were drooping their heads. The crop was beginning to look lower as […]
Coronavirus – Covid-19 Update
Our Conservation Enquiries Service is now back! If you cannot find the answer to your Barn Owl question on our website, you can now call our office 5 days a week: Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm. In order to be Covid-safe and to reduce travel time and emissions, we have opened our office with […]
Report Your Barn Owl Sighting
Over 7,000 people have reported more than 13,000 Barn Owl sightings on our Barn Owl Survey UK website. Launched in 2014, the site provides the opportunity to log records of Barn Owls, dead or alive, anywhere in the UK. Users can create a unique log-on so they can go back and add to their records and […]
Nestbox Price Increases
Reluctantly we have had to increase the cost of our nestboxes. Materials for building them have increased between 18% and 50% since May this year. Whilst we have tried to absorb the cost ‘in-house’, from mid-October we have had to increase the price of most of our boxes by approximately 11%. If, in the future, […]
Annual Prize Draw 2021
Help Barn Owls and win a fabulous prize! Our ever popular Annual Prize Draw tickets are now available on-line. Every pound you donate gives you a chance to win a great prize and helps our vital conservation work with Barn Owls. If you would like tickets, please go to the Donate page, choose how much […]
Winter Bird Walk – December
Fri 17th December 2021 – 10:00am Join us for a walk around our 26 acre nature reserve to see the winter birds. See the haven we have created for wildlife, with open grassland and woodland alongside the River Ashburn. This unique nature reserve is not normally open to the public. Current walks are socially distanced […]
Winter Bird Walk – January
Fri Jan 14th 2022 – 10:00am Join us for a walk around our 26 acre nature reserve to see the winter birds. See the haven we have created for wildlife, with open grassland and woodland alongside the River Ashburn. This unique nature reserve is not normally open to the public. Current walks are socially distanced […]
State of the UK Barn Owl Population 2020
Despite the pandemic and lockdown disruptions, many groups were able to monitor substantial numbers of Barn Owl nests and collectively contribute to a reliable impression of the 2020 breeding period. You can read the results, presented here in the State of the UK Barn Owl Population 2020, were poor in general, particularly in terms of […]
Nestbox workshops
Come and find out how to build your own indoor Barn Owl nestbox from a recycled tea chest. What is a ‘Nestbox Workshop’? Spend a day with us, make your own indoor Barn Owl nestbox to take away; visit a farm, and receive a comprehensive Barn Owl information pack! A nestbox workshop is a one-day event run […]
Bespoke Events
We offer bespoke events tailored to your group, business or organisation’s requirements in a beautiful rural environment. Team building activities Practical conservation work Wildlife walks Barn Owl talks & presentations Creative craft workshops Nest-box workshops Barn Owl survey courses Stunning venue: Our peaceful 26 acre nature reserve, managed for Barn Owls – the Lennon Legacy […]