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. […]
![LLP aerial [david ramsden] 230721](https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/LLP-Aerial-David-Ramsden-230721-A-3-100x100.jpg "Wildlife Diary 2022")
January The month began with unusually mild temperatures (mean of 11.6°C) for the first three days (the average normal January mean temperature is 6.19°C). However, this changed on the 4th with the mean dropping to 5.1°C and a heavy frost overnight into the 5th. The first frogspawn of the year was seen in the […]
These news bytes have appeared on our social media sites, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during the month and have been pulled together 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 […]
Wednesday 2nd February – 10am-4pm Join us to help with seasonal tasks! Contact our office for more information and to let us know you’re coming. Practical conservation work with the Barn Owl Trust Make a Difference! Get involved and help the Conservation Team with practical work. Come and join our Conservation Team for a day […]
These news bytes have appeared on our social media sites, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during the month and have been pulled together here. Bird Walk public event Our Senior Conservation Officer led a Winter Bird Walk for the public on our reserve here in Devon. The Lennon Legacy Project (LLP) has plenty of rough […]
These news bytes have appeared on our social media sites, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during the month and have been pulled together here. School Visits This photo is from a recent school visit! Mateo went to see a group of local primary school students at Farm School at Carswell. This was a bespoke visit […]
Barn Owl Calendar Our beautiful Barn Owl Trust Calendar for 2022 is available to buy now from our shop! Barn Owl Trust nestboxes are built to last! This polebox is 13 years old and still going strong! Can you spot the latest resident peeking out to keep an eye on our […]
![Barow llp flying hunting day [marianne bryan] 190612 (a)](https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BAROW-LLP-flying-hunting-day-Marianne-Bryan-190612-A-100x100.jpg "September News Bytes")
Great Big Green Week As part of the nation-wide Great Big Green Week, our Head of Conservation, David Ramsden MBE, will be giving his much-acclaimed presentation: ‘Climate and Ecological Crisis? What’s all the fuss about?’ This free talk is perfect for everyone who’s concerned about the future and ideal for anyone who wants to […]
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, […]
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 […]
