We offer all sorts of wildlife walks, talks, craft or nestbox workshops and lots more! See below for events that have already taken place – or please visit our Events Diary for details of planned dates.
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). Support our work and have a chance […]
Thursday 19th OCTOBER 2017 – 2:30pm As the year end draws near, join us for the last walk of the season and breathe the Autumn air from the Lennon Legacy Project. See the haven we have created for wildlife, with open grassland and woodland alongside the River Ashburn and then have refreshments in our beautiful Meeting […]
Thursday 7th SEPTEMBER 2017 – 2.30pm Enjoy an afternoon walk in the Lennon Legacy Project and hear how Barn Owl habitat benefits other wildlife from our local experts. We have a wonderful array of native plants and flowers, insects, butterflies, other birds and mammals using the land. Please note that the terrain is steep and uneven in places. Please […]
Friday 18th AUGUST 2017 – 7-30pm 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 pipistrelle. […]
Thursday 6th JULY 2017 – 2:30pm Join us for a walk around the Lennon Legacy Project land to see the many butterflies (including the beautiful Marbled White) that have benefited from the Barn Owl habitat we have created here. Afterwards enjoy a delicious cream tea in our Meeting Room. Photos of butterfly species found on our 26 […]
Thursday 22nd JUNE 2017 – 7:30pm Enjoy a gentle evening stroll around the Lennon Legacy Project land and then join us for delicious refreshments in our lovely wood-panelled Meeting Room. We can’t promise you’ll see a wild Barn Owl but you will get to see perfect Barn Owl habitat. Suggested donation per person: £8 (Friends of BOT £5). […]
Calling all Poets! We are delighted to announce our 5th Open Poetry Competition and invite YOU to take part. The subject is Wildlife or Wildlife Conservation. See your work in print! We hope to produce Volume 5 of our popular ‘Wildlife Words’ anthology this autumn with some of the entries submitted. There will be a First, Second and Third […]
First prize-winner Grand Draw Margaret, a long-time supporter of the Trust, was delighted to collect her prize and brought her friend, Pamela, to share her ‘Day with the Conservation Team’. Margaret said: “I have never won a prize on a raffle before so I was over the moon when I found out I had won. I love all […]
Entries for the competition are now CLOSED. Winners will be announced on the Barn Owl Trust website in March, 2017. The Barn Owl Mini-Film Awards run from 1st May 2016 and will close on 16th December 2016. If you are interested in entering: Make a short film – the theme is the Barn Owl – the objective is […]
![Early Purple Orchid, LLP 110516 [Lexie New] (B)](https://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/Early-Purple-Orchid-LLP-110516-Lexie-New-B-2-100x100.jpg "Our Early Purple Orchid showed just in time for the Wild flower walk")
Yesterday, we enjoyed the warm weather and a lovely guided walk around our Lennon Legacy Project, to look at the wildflowers that have made our rough grassland and woods their home. David led a group of 15 people across 26 acres of Barn Owl heaven. With species such as Germander Speedwell and Greater Stitchwort across […]
