by barnowl1998 | Feb 11, 2016 | News Archive
As you’ve probably heard by now, most owls (including 95% of Barn Owls), raptors, and even hedgehogs contain rat poison. Under EU regulations, member states are permitted to authorise the sale and use of rodenticides (rat poisons) for five years at a time. As...
by Jo Plant | Jan 11, 2016 | News Archive
When we received our most recent Barn Owl for rehabilitation last Wednesday (6th January) we were convinced that the bird wouldn’t make it through the night due to the terrible state she was in. At just 215g, she was below starvation weight for a female Barn...
by barnowl1998 | Nov 23, 2015 | News Archive
If you shop online you can raise donations for the Barn Owl Trust without it costing you a penny by signing up with ‘Give as you Live’ To date (November 2015) 149 folk have signed up to support our work and raised an amazing £2,256.74 by using ‘Give...
by barnowl1998 | Sep 8, 2015 | News Archive
The two Little Owls received at the end of July from Vale Wildlife Hospital near Tewkesbury were released last night in our orchard. After being fitted with BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) rings on the 18th August the Owls were placed in one of our mobile aviaries...
by barnowl1998 | May 26, 2015 | News Archive
On the night of the 22nd May, Porridge the Tawny Owl took to the wild. Porridge arrived here at the end of February and was around 6 weeks old which means she hatched in mid-January. She was one of the earliest owlets ever recorded as most Tawnies don’t even lay...
by barnowl1998 | May 21, 2015 | News Archive
In April a beautiful Barn Owl came to us to convalesce from the Veterinary Hospital Group in Plymouth having been treated for a broken wing. The picture (right) shows him when he arrived with his broken wing externally wired. He has now had his final visit to the vets...
