This year has been the most successful yet for breeding occupancy in our barn owl boxes. Not only have we had a record number of barn owl young born in our boxes, we have also had a large number of kestrels who are also in decline nationally with only 1 in 3 born surviving beyond […]
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Special Talk on Barn Owls by David Ramsden MBE
The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group have organised a special public talk by the renowned author and leading authority on barn owls, David Ramsden, MBE from the Barn Owl Trust. It will take place on Thursday 29th August at 7.30 pm in the Main Hall at Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint, BN6 9UY. David Ramsden is one of the […]
2023-Wildlife survives despite the wind & rain
2023 was an abysmal year for undertaking wildlife checks in the latter months. These checks were required to be undertaken on dry days but the weather proved to be so changeable that they couldn’t be planned very far ahead. Dry windows suddenly emerged in a persistently wet forecast and arrangements to undertake them had to […]
2023 was an ‘owling success’
Every year we visit all our barn owl boxes at least twice in a year. The first to clean out and maintain each box and the second to return in the breeding season to check whether any owls have produced eggs or young in them. The first visit is undertaken in the winter months in […]
2023 brings a whirlwind of nature activities.
From the start of each year the work activities always progressively increase in intensity for The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group. 2023 has been no exception. Each activity broadens in scope as we achieve increasing success with each project. We readily embrace the increased work effort when we witness the gains being made for both […]
