by Alan Lewis | Apr 3, 2022 | Barn Owl Trust News
Calling all Poets! We are delighted to announce our 7th Open Poetry Competition and invite YOU to take part. The year’s subject is Inspirational Nature. See your work in print! We hope to produce Volume 7 of our ‘Wildlife Words’ anthology this autumn using a...
by Alan Lewis | Jan 1, 2022 | Events Diary
Come and find out how to build your own indoor Barn Owl nestbox from a recycled tea chest. What is a ‘Nestbox Workshop’? Spend a day with us, make your own indoor Barn Owl nestbox to take away; visit a farm, and receive a comprehensive Barn Owl information...
by Alan Lewis | Mar 6, 2021 | Wildlife Diary
December The month started damp and cold with 11.4mm of rain on the 1st and a mean temperature of 4.8°C on the 2nd. There was an amazing sunset then, and a small murmuration of Starlings was seen again at dusk from the top of the field flying further up the valley....
by Alan Lewis | Jan 7, 2020 | Wildlife Diary
December A very wet month, 29 days with 229.1mm of rain. The mean for the month here over 14 years is 152mm. We had a mean temperature of 6.8°C – colder than the average (7.5° C). On the 8th Matt and Rick brushmowed, then brushcut and raked the orchid patch in...
by Alan Lewis | Oct 29, 2018 | Barn Owl Trust News
The latest results from the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme show that the UK RODENTICIDE STEWARDSHIP REGIME, introduced in 2016/17, has not (yet) reduced the exposure of Barn Owls to Rat Poison. 90% of dead Barn Owls sent in by the public in 2017 contained one or...
