Starke Ayres - Creating a safe haven for owls
Started in 2016, this has been such a valuable and worthwhile collaboration. Results from our annual owl pellet collection and analysis reveal that the 15 occupied owl boxes at Starke Ayres are responsible for the consumption of over 9000 rats p/a.
Placing SAFrings on Barn Owls (Tyto alba) at Aspen Hills Estate
Aspen Hills Nature Estate has been playing the role of surrogate parents to 5 Barn Owls.
Presentation on Owls and Bats
It seems that webinars, talks and classes online are the new norm. Jonathan Haw was invited to give a presentation by Green Renaissance and Whale Coast Conservation on the conservation of bats and owls in Southern Africa in July 2020. Feel free to watch the presentation on Facebook - link in the article.
Our Owl Cam is Live!
We are delighted to share our Verreaux Eagle Owl Cam! A few years ago, we put a tyre in tree in Mziki Game reserve in the Northwest and filled it with sticks. In June, a friend who lives there sent us a picture of the female Verreaux Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus) in the nest. Last week we installed an Owl Cam! It was wonderful to watch the owlet hatch on Saturday, 25th July 2020.
“There’s a camera watching me… for all the world to see”
In a first ever, a Verreaux Eagle Owl, or commonly known as the giant eagle owl, can now be watched live as she raises a newly hatched owlet in the most unusual nest ever… a tyre!
Our newsletter - July 2020
No mention of COVID-19 or Lockdown! Our stories: As hungry as a bat ... Winter - baby-making weather for Bubo africanus ... Rats! Don't reach for poison ... Owls breeding in a chimney - no need for ''rescue''! ... SPCA.
