Ray Jackson, the warden of Lower Moss Wood is currently trying to raise funds of around £100,000 by early January 2025 to keep it going. To help keep the hospital open, volunteers have started a GoFundMe campaign to raise around …
Author: John Mycock
2022 Annual General Meeting
We held our latest Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 11 May 2022 at the Lion Salt Works in Northwich. The event was attended by 19 members and guests who (hopefully) enjoyed (or endured) the more official parts of the AGM; …
2022 So Far
It’s mid April 2022, the barn owl breeding season is underway, and we’ve starting checking barn owl boxes to see how things look. It’s early days, but the signs are promising. Late March 2022 we found the first signs of …
2021 Barn Owl Breeding Results
The results for barn owl breeding in 2021, in the areas of Cheshire which we manage (i.e. north, north east, east, south and mid), are now available. The figures are very reassuring. 123 breeding pairs were recorded (of which 12 …
2021 Box Making Day
After 20 months of Covid lockdown, at last we have been able to hold a box making day at Lower Moss Wood (on 17 October 2021). Excellent day with 9 attendees (4 of which were new members). 7 new boxes …
Barn Owl Movements
2019 has started quite optimistically. A number of boxes have been checked, principally for maintenance and cleaning out purposes. However, in so doing, a number of barn owls have been found – all looking quite healthy. But interesting, and relatively …
Are the Barn Owls Suffering???
Just been checking two barn owl boxes expecting to find chicks in both ready for ringing. The first box contained three dead chicks (luckily the second box had two healthy chicks in it). But this is the second week I’ve …
There are always down sides
Things are still progressing well with barn owl breeding in our areas. Only this last weekend we found two ‘new’ breeding pairs, one on four eggs. But also this weekend we visited a box which in early May had three …
Royal Cheshire Show 2018
Looking forward to this year’s Royal Cheshire Show and meeting members and old acquaintances again. Things looking quite good around our area groups so far this year – so we should be able to give a positive message to all …
Is Cheshire ‘Bucking’ the Trend Again??
I watched Springwatch last night (5 June), which reported poor barn owl activity in a number of areas of the UK, citing poor winter weather and low vole and shrew breeding as the main causes. However, our recent experiences here …
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