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Butterfly Walk – July
Butterfly Walk Friday 8th July – 2.30pm Join us for a walk around our 26 acre nature reserve to see some beautiful butterflies alongside our wild flowers! 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. […]
Weekend Butterfly Walk – July
Butterfly Walk Saturday 9th July – 2.30pm We are now offering weekend walks! Join us for a walk around our 26 acre nature reserve to see some beautiful butterflies alongside our wild flowers! See the haven we have created for wildlife, with open grassland and woodland alongside the River Ashburn. This unique nature reserve is […]
Practical conservation – Barn Owl habitat management
Friday 22nd July 2022 at 10am. Come and help with bracken control! Join us for a fun event tackling invasive bracken whilst enjoying our wildlife haven!
Evening Bat Walk – August
Thursday 11th August 2022 – 7:30pm Join us for an evening bat walk around our nature reserve to listen for and identify local bat species using bat detectors. Previous species recorded include Common and Soprano pipistrelle, Greater and Lesser horseshoe, Myotis sp., Long-eared bat and Noctule. The walk will be led by a local bat […]
Storm Eunice Hits the Mobile Aviary
On the 18th February we discovered that Storm Eunice had blown one of our mobile aviaries over. We’ve put together a video of its recovery later that day.
Radio Tracking Research Published
Surprisingly little is known about what young Barn Owls do when they become independent, but collaborators from the Trust, Ambios Ltd and Lotek UK have produced original scientific research on their dispersal behaviour. By fitting radio-tags to young owls in their nests, the team created an exciting opportunity to follow the juveniles as they ventured […]
February News Bytes
Thanks 34SP.com Big thanks to 34SP.com who continue to provide free hosting for our website. It continues to be a source of excellent practical Barn Owl information and advice based on over 30 years’ experience of conservation, rescue, and rehabilitation. The website is visited by nearly a million people annually, and 34SP’s support since 2017 […]
Postal Charges Changes
The Barn Owl Trust became VAT registered (VAT NO: 399 8301 41) on 1st January 2022 and began issuing VAT invoices on 15th January. We have emailed everyone that purchased goods between the 1st and 14th to offer them a VAT invoice if they are registered and can reclaim the VAT paid on their goods. […]
January News Bytes
These news snippets have appeared on our social media sites: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during the month and are shared with you here: Happy New Year!⭐ ⭐ Best wishes to all our supporters for 2022 from all of us at the Barn Owl Trust ⭐ 📸 Russell Savory LLP Events We are looking […]
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Wildlife Diary 2022
July By the 1st of the month the Fodder Raddish in the crop was knee high and the whole area appeared white with its flowers. The first Ringlet butterflies were starting to appear along with Marbled Whites. On the 5th the Pink Mallow and the Hedge Bedstraw in the grassland were in flower along with […]