Category: Outdoor
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Owl conservation continuing into the winter!
The Bird of Prey Project Cavity Nesting Species programme monitors four key species, including three native owls – Barn Owls, Tawny Owls and Little Owls. Whist most of the monitoring happens in the summer, we’re still busy in the winter, checking and maintaining nest boxes and gathering more data on the over-wintering birds… Over the…
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Fun facts about Common Buzzards!
Famous for their iconic broad wings soaring above, these stunning birds can soar thousands of feet above ground on a warm day. Buzzards are our most populous bird of prey in the UK, and are famous faces in a variety of different habitats. Wild adults can live an excess of thirty years! They’ve been known…
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Fun facts about Barn Owls!
Barn Owls are one of five native species of owl in the UK – but what more is there to know about this stunning species? Barn Owls predominantly hunt between dusk and dawn, slowly quartering fields in search of their favoured prey item – the short tailed field vole. These silent predators have notable facial…
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Bird of Prey Flying experience – ‘unforgettable’
One hour, one hawk, and you. Oh, and one of The Bird of Prey Project team guiding you through the unforgettable experience of flying a trained Harris Hawk through the open sky, and giving you an insight into the lives of these amazing birds in the wild. The Bird of Prey Project is a registered…
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How do Owls hunt in the dark?
Owls have some pretty specialised features to get from A to B in almsot total darkness! Did you know that Barn Owls can successfully hunt in almost total darkness!? First things first, not all of our owls are strictly nocturnal. Some are actually quite happy being active during the day, in fact a third of…
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What is the UKs biggest bird of prey?
Last week we were so excited to be joined by the UKs LARGEST species of raptor – the White Tailed Sea Eagle! With a wingspan up to 2 and a half metres and a weight up to 5kg, these birds look like a flying barn door in the air! With about 150 pairs estimated accross…
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Birdwatching in Bath this summer!
We have a few peaks of sunshine in July and it is one of the brightest times of the year to explore wild spaces in the local area. With long days and nature buzzing with life all around, there are plenty of raptors that you may be able to spot up in the sky! By…
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What bird of prey hovers?
Famously once referred to as the ‘Roadside Raptor’, this incredible native bird of prey can often be spotted hovering perfectly stationary just a few meters above the roadside, in search of prey hidden amongst the grassy verges.The truth is, many of our British birds of prey and owls hover – Buzzards have been known to…
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Spring has sprung for our Barn Owlets!
Spring is turning to summer and the sun is finally starting to shine for 2024. This is good news for our Nest Box conservation programme, in particular this lovely family of Barn Owlets! Did you know that 100% of the proceeds from your visit support our work in conservation? Our Nest Box and Land Manager…
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Which owl goes Twit Twoo?
The haunting sound of the ‘Twit-Twoo’ from our back gardens and patches of woodland can sometimes keep you awake in the small hours of the morning or perhaps stop you in your tracks just as the sun starts to set in the evening! The funny thing is, that despite there being over 250 species of…