Cumbria Wildlife Trust is looking for volunteers from the South Lakes area to help advertise and run an event in June. The Garden Bonanza is the Trust’s family fun day and is on Sunday 22 May 2011. Willing volunteers are being asked to step forward to help distribute leaflets and posters, bake cakes, donate plants and to set up, man stalls and then pack away on the … [Read more...] about Charity seeks help in Cumbria
World Owl Trust
Barn Owl may become extinct
The Barn Owl could become extinct, according to founder of The World Owl Trust. Tony Warburton MBE, the Founder and Honorary President of the World Owl Trust, warns that in his opinion, Britain’s population of Barn Owls is actually on the brink of collapse. Although there have been some claims that this charismatic species is recovering from a disastrous 150-year … [Read more...] about Barn Owl may become extinct
Record breeding year for World Owl Trust
2010 is proving to be a record breaking breeding year for the World Owl Trust at Muncaster Castle near Ravenglass in the Western Lake District, with 21 owl species raising more than 50 chicks. MacKinder’s eagle owls, spectacled owls, white-faced owls, western screech owls, long-eared owls and European scops owls have all bred for the first time, and there have also been five … [Read more...] about Record breeding year for World Owl Trust
Children Help Barn Owls
Wildlife experts from the World Owl Trust and Forestry Commission have teamed up with local schools to help protect barn owls in south Cumbria. The World Owl Trust at Muncaster Castle near Ravenglass and the Forestry Commission at Grizedale Forest near Ambleside are joint partners in the Rusland Valley Barn Owl Project, which aims to improve barn owl numbers and habitat … [Read more...] about Children Help Barn Owls
International award for Muncaster owl
One of the best-loved owls ever to wing its way into the World Owl Trust at Muncaster near Ravenglass in the Lake District has been honoured with an international award. One of the best-loved owls ever to wing its way into the World Owl Trust at Muncaster near Ravenglass in the Lake District has been honoured with an international award. … [Read more...] about International award for Muncaster owl