The barn owl is on Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 under which it is an offence to take, injure or kill any wild barn owl, take or destroy eggs, or damage a nest while it in use.
Please help:
- Retain large old trees to provide nest and roost sites
- Retain old barns and stock shelters, or where they are to be developed, consider incorporating a loft space for breeding barn owls
Please contact us if:
- You have large fields of PERMANENT, ungrazed, tussocky or extensive grassy margins where the grass is maintained to a height of 20-40cm, and would like to encourage barn owls
- You would like the Shropshire Barn Owl Group to carry out a survey of your land to assess its suitability for barn owls, especially if you have created grassy margins or headlands under DEFRA's Entry Level or Higher Level Stewardship scheme
- You would like SBOG to construct, install and monitor a nestbox for a nominal cost of £70
- You see barn owls hunting during the breeding season March to August or find any road casualties in Shropshire
- Let us know when natural nest sites are threatened by development or decay
Contacts
John Lightfoot: Tel. 01939 261141. Mobile 07967 878147 john.lightfoot10@btinternet.com
Glenn Bishton: Tel 01952 433005. Mobile 07944 733277 glenn@bishton7.plus.com
