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 The Barn Owl Centre Needs your Help
9 February 2013
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WHERE SUPPORT IS NEEDED!
We would like to announce that we have finally been granted the go ahead to start raising funds to purchase the 12 acre Farm that has been leased to us over the past 5 years.
On Wednesday 5th February 2013, Gloucester City Council who owns Netheridge Farm and who are also our landlord have now given their approval of the sale!
The price for Netheridge Farm, which includes 12 acres is £150,000. This creates a golden opportunity for our charity to own the Farm site, which in turn helps to secure future investment for years to come.
Please don't let the required amount of £150,000 put you off from donating, this equates to a staggering 30,000 people kindly donating just £5 each. This obviously is an ambitious goal and a huge task for any Owl Charity like ours to take on. Can we do this? Yes, we we can with added support from those who believe in our charity. Can you help by becoming one of the 30,000 people needed, who can offer a minimal donation of £5.00?
Whilst here, a huge thank you is in order to all who have already pledged their donation & to those who have also shared this on their facebook page. We are moving forward towards a dream plan to transform Netheridge farm into a specialised and dedicated Owl Conservation Centre!
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 Owls & Birds of Prey get a new life
12 November 2012
An additional 26 birds get full support by our Charity
We at the Barn Owl Centre have been supporting the care & rehabilitation of 26 extra birds since the 6th October 2011, this being the date they were confiscated because of cruelty from a person called William Mckenzie from Shrewsbury, the full story can be found as you scroll down the page. |
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 Back to the Wild
12 October 2012
Today (Friday 12th October 2012) we had the please of re-releasing a wild female Merlin, which is a small British Falcon |
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We are now blogging again CLICK HERE to find out more
 Barn Owl Manors Now Occupied
10 January 2012
BARN OWLS SIGHTED IN SUPER-SIZED ‘HOMES’ AT GLOUCESTERSHIRE FARM
Two barn owls have been spotted in super-sized luxury “homes” put up on The Co-operative Farms’ Down Ampney estate to help preserve the protected species.
The two beautiful birds have been sighted in two of the three 10ft (3m) tall “Barn Owl Manors”, which were erected on the Gloucestershire farm as part of The Co-operative’s major wildlife initiative called Habitat Heroes. |
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 Nest Box Launch for 2012
30 December 2011
We are very please to announce the launch of our new 2012 product range of Nest Boxes in support wild Barn Owls, Tawny Owls, Little Owls & the Kestrel. |
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 Owls by Night
5 September 2011
Starting from October 1st, the Barn Owl Centre will be putting on 3 seperate interactive Owl evenings that will be both educational & entertaining. If you like Owls & are fascinated by them or you wish to know more about them, please do not hesitate to book a place.
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 The Co-operative Farms supporting Barn Owls
31 May 2011
The Barn Owl Centre's new 'BARN OWL MANOR'
DOWN AMPNEY BECOMES A ‘HABIT HERO’ TO FIGHT FALLING WILDLIFE NUMBERS
With help from the Barn Owl Centre, barn owls receive a number of luxury homes at Co-operative farm
Barn owls are being given a lifeline at a farm in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, where The Co-operative Farms has set up a team of “Habitat Heroes” to help preserve the beautiful birds, which are one of the UK’s most iconic species. |
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 CHARITY HELP WANTED
16 January 2011
We are looking for support from the skilled trades (below) that have some spare time on their hands, the support offered will help enormously to further the development of our new Centre. In addition we are also looking for much needed materials (listed below) to help cut down our charitys development costs.
Transforming Old Farm Buildings into our new Owl Conservation Centre & Owl Sanctuary is huge task, if you have the skills, the time or the materials & you want to get involved, please get in touch.
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 The oldest Barn Owl alive?
22 January 2011
IS BARNY THE BARN OWL THE OLDEST LIVING BARN OWL IN THE UK?
If anyone knows of a captive bred Barn Owl or knows of a wild Barn Owl that is of the same age or even older then please give the Centre a call, it would be a real pleasure to hear from you.
Tel: 01452 383999 & ask for Vincent Jones. |
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 Our Activity Centre
20 August 2010
Interactive hands on Education with Owls, Buzzards & Hawks.
Our experiences upport all ages from 4 years upwards, why not book in & join us to fly & learn about the birds we work with. |
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 Wild Tawny Owlets brought into Care 2009
17 April 2009
Wild Tawny Owl Orphans
Arrived: Friday 17th April 2009 at 5.30pm
This is about the time of year when we get handed a number of young Owlets. Here is Juliette who we call mother hen with 2 new Tawny Owlets aged at about 2 to 3 weeks. |
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 The appearance of an Eagle Owl
27 October 2008
Wild Bred or a Captive Bred Escapee?
This is not one of the Centre's European Eagle Owls! As anyone out there lost one? |
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 New Arrival to the Centre
9 August 2008
Ashley, the Black Barn Owl
On Friday 8th August 2008, a very special Black Barn Owl called Ashley arrived at the Barn Owl Centre. |
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Nest /Roost Boxes for Owls this Winter
19 November 2006
Creating accommodation for wild Barn Owls, Tawny Owls & Little Owls
With winter now upon us why not offer a bit of support to your local Owl population, Winter is a tough time for all Owls.
Whilst the autumn leaves fall, trees become bare leaving very little areas for Owls to take shelter during driving rain, wind & the cold. |
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 The arrival of a white Little Owl Orphan
23 June 2006
A Wild young Little Owl was brought in on the 23rd June 2006 & on seeing this youngster we were taken aback by its colour & facial difference to a normal youngster. |
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New Mobile Cam being testing
21 June 2006
To make the web site of the Barn Owl Centre more interactive we will hopefully soon be embedding a new pan & tilt cam into a new web cam page. |
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 Barn Owl Population Increase for Gloucestershire
28 March 2006
Press Release in support of the 2006 breeding season |
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 Barn Owl Centre Documentary
7 March 2006
The Barn Owl Centre are please to provide web viewers & supporters with a televised recording of a programme called "Heart of the Country" This outlinings just some of the problems we as a charity have to deal with regarding the captive breeding of Barn Owls as Pets, in addition there is an insight into the directors personal history, which follows on to how & why he formed the Charity. |
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 Rescued Little Owl
6 July 2004
OWL SLICK!
Article in our local Newspaper "The Citizen"
10:30 - 06 June 2003
This oily owl is lucky to be alive today after plopping into an oil drum at a Gloucestershire based scrapyard. |
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