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Warner Bros. should know better

The Barn Owl Trust has written to Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter following the release of video footage captured by a PETA  investigator in February 2015. The footage showed a tethered Barn Owl being reluctant to hold a booklet in...

Dela – the Barn Owl

We have a new arrival! This beautiful Barn Owl came to us to recover having been treated for a broken wing by the Veterinary Hospital Group in Plymouth . He was found near Delabole in North Cornwall (an area known for the world famous Delabole slate) so we have named...

Ug the Tawny Owl

On 7th March our senior conservation officer, David, found a very lucky Tawny Owl on the road near Ugborough. The owl had obviously only recently been hit as was in the centre of the road waiting to be squashed by the next fast car. ‘Ug’ as she is now...

Porridge

Meet Porridge the Tawny Owl owlet! He arrived at the Trust at the end of February and is around 6 weeks old which means he hatched in mid-January! He is one of the earliest owlets in the year ever recorded as most Tawnies don’t even lay their eggs until...
A Very Urban Barn Owl Nest

A Very Urban Barn Owl Nest

September 2014 Is this the most urban Barn Owl nest site in Britain? It’s cerainly the most urban we’ve had reported to date. This unusual nest site in Cardigan (Wales) was recently reported on the UK Barn Owl Survey website and appeared in a local paper,...

Rodenticide Campaign Petition Delivered

February 2014 On Thursday 27th February, David and Frances Ramsden from the Barn Owl Trust travelled to London to join up with Bert Wander and Meredith Alexander from avaaz.org and meet with Minister Mike Penning. The meeting was also attended by representatives from...