Photo: John Scott

Now a registered charity, Wirral Barn Owl Trust aims to encourage a viable population of breeding wild Barn Owls on the Wirral peninsula.  We hope to achieve this by:

• Collecting and collating sighting reports 
• Locating and monitoring breeding pairs
• Visiting farmers and land managers to publicise the problem and promote habitat creation/protection
• Installing nestboxes in areas where there is suitable habitat and a shortage of natural nest sites
• Liaising with local authority planning departments to protect breeding birds and to encourage mitigation for Barn Owls when farm buildings are redeveloped 
• Provide supplementary feeding (in temporary, extraordinary conditions) 

Have you seen a Barn Owl recently?  Sighting reports are extremely important to us and are always recorded.  When collated they may indicate the location of a breeding pair.  The data may be crucial when a future planning application affects a Barn Owl breeding site, roosting site or important foraging habitat.  You can quickly and easily report a sighting to us from our Sightings page.

If you know the location of a Barn Owl breeding site on the Wirral peninsula please let us know, in confidence: call 0151 625 3969 or email: wirralbarnowltrust@sky.com

Please don't go too close to a breeding site; disturbing breeding Barn Owls is a criminal offence and can only be done legally under a licence issued by Natural England or the British Trust for Ornithology.