SCBOP on TV! (Part 1 of 2)

During Summer 2007 BBC East 'Inside Out' filmed the work of SCBOP and David Wilkin's work in NE Essex. You can view the footage via You Tube here.

Part 1 shows barn owls being ringed and the ideal barn owl habitat. The barn owl hunting footage was filmed on SWT's Carlton Marshes reserve.

Part 2

Part 2 looks at the work of the SCBOP.

It includes an interview with Steve Piotrowski, monitoring of barn owl chicks and pellet dissection.


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SCBOP Project Aims

The Suffolk Community Barn Owl Project seeks to:

  • erect over 500 barn owl boxes in Suffolk by 2010
  • increase the number of barn owls in Suffolk
  • advise landowners on habitat management for barn owls
  • increase awareness of the barn owl
  • monitor barn owl populations

We cover the entire county of Suffolk and bordering river catchment areas such as the Waveney valley. 

Please feel free to contact us.

2007 Latest News in Brief

Our website was out of action for a few days as we have moved it to a new provider.  Apologies for any inconvience, but we're back and this time have incorporated the broadcast of the article on BBC East's Inside Out program on the Barn Owl.
 
The 2007 data is still coming in (chicks were still being ringed on October 24th!) The second broods of Suffolk barn owls were only sucessful in few nests, with many of the others failing.  Was this down to weather or lack of prey?  As the data arrives it is being put straight into the computer and we will analyse it over the winter.
 
Boxes continue to be erected all over Suffolk and the bordering river catchments!
Updated: October 26th, 2007
Latest
Project Sites So Far
We have nearly 300 Barn Owl nesting sites monitored and the list keeps on growing. The map below (May 2007) shows the current areas where Barn Owls are being monitored...
Our New Leaflet
The Suffolk Wildlife Trust have produced a new leaflet for the project which you can download. Screen Version | Print Version Select the Screen version to view onl...
Landscape Suitability
The Barn Owl Trust and Nick Askew have recently published land use maps for the UK. This has been done to aid conservationists in knowing where to target to improve the...
Partnership with SWT
The Suffolk Community Barn Owl Project has gone from strength to strength and, in many quarters, it is being hailed as a glowing example of how a project should be organi...
14th Ipswich Scouts
Inline with our policy of community involvement we hosted a scout activity weekend on the 24th January. The 14th Ipswich scout group camped at Beccles where they learnt ...
Barn Owl Cam
One of our project members has placed a webcam in their barn to monitor the comings and goings of one of the pairs of Barn Owls in the parish of Mutford. (This has been ...
More....
Workshops and Talks
So far Steve Piotrowski, one of the project managers for SCBOP and author of the Birds of Suffolk ...
SOLD 100th nestbox celebration
SOLD - Special Objectives for the Local Disabled are the principle supplier of our barn owl nestboxe...
Nimble Slip of a Girl Required
One distinct advantage of Barn Owls using boxes is that it makes monitoring so much easier. Firstl...
BOCN Barn Owl Link
The Barn Owl Conservation Network (BOCN) is the link organisation for all the Barn Owl Projects up...
BTO Barn Owl Bulletin
The BTO's (British Trust for Ornithology) Barn Owl Monitoring Project (BOMP) publishes a newsletter ...


From the Archive
2006 RSPB Minsmere Launch & Suffolk Show
The project was duly launched in Hoskings Room at Minsmere on May 29th and 30th and there was a great deal of interest shown by visitors over the two days. Thanks are due the RSPB ...
2007 Suffolk Show
Day 1 of the Suffolk Show went exceptionally well. We had lots of enquiries regarding the project, the supply of boxes, fixing boxes and Barn Owls in general. At times the SWT te...
Suffolk Barn Owl Conference 2006
Suffolk had its very own county seminar dedicated to helping the Barn Owl, on 4th November 2006. The British Trust for Ornithology kindly hosted seminar at their headquarters i...
2006 Doom & Gloom - a response
Despite the doom and gloom in the national press, which depicted a national decline of 75%, Barn Owls are doing OK in Suffolk thank you very much! The Times reported: "Bar...



Suffolk Coast and Heaths CONNECT

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 connect-logothumb.jpg		 The Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership is delighted to support the Suffolk Community Barn Owl Project through its Sustainable Development Fund and Connect, its conservation fundraising scheme.
Connect funds conservation projects throughout the AONB which either enhance the natural beauty of the landscape, benefit wildlife, increase awareness or improve public access.
To discover more about the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB click on the links above.

Project Sponsors.....

Image Thanks to The Naturesave Trust for supporting the Suffolk Community Barn Owl Project by funding essential project equipment.
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