We recently received an email from the Avian Ecophysiology Unit, Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdańsk in Poland. They are conducting research on the discovery of new mechanisms governing the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in birds, a … Continue reading →
With all the recent news about conservation and loss of habitat for our wildlife we thought we would give our visitors an insight into the the work we do with our own educational and conservation work. Come along and see … Continue reading →
We are pleased to announce that we will be welcoming families from the Cornwall Accessible Activities Programme (CAAP) on Tuesday 28th May from 10-30 am and the Mobiloo will be on site for the day. … Continue reading →
Bikers Meet & Barbecue Event Sunday 9th June from 11am until 4pm … Continue reading →
Yet another fantastic offer for all our supporters. … Continue reading →
We are delighted to be Cornwall Tourism Awards sponsors again this year in the Learning Experience category. Good luck to everyone entering this years awards!! … Continue reading →
St. Pirans Day Special this Sunday. Cornish born, Cornish bred and proud to be a Cornish business for the last 29 years. Come along and see this Cornish award winning Sanctuary. Try one of our cream teas with real home … Continue reading →
Don’t forget we open this weekend and have a special offer locals weekend!!! … Continue reading →
Don’t forget our exciting spooky Owl’O’Ween day this Saturday 27th October from 10am until 4pm. We also have a face painter and some spooky games as well as a raffle, tombola and all the daily activities all for £5 each so … Continue reading →
Locals weekend on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September from 10am until 5pm ~ Only £5 each entry for everyone. All the usual daily activities as can be seen at: https://screechowlsanctuary.co.uk/ Not in conjunction with any other offers. … Continue reading →
Come along next Sunday to our Back to school day at only £5 per person. … Continue reading →
We are delighted that the park has been extremely busy this summer! As you know we are specialists and experts in our field of caring for owls with 28 years of experience, but we are however receiving a very high … Continue reading →
We are happy to announce the arrival of our 4 baby Meerkats which are now 4 weeks old. They’re all doing very well and growing fast, here they are having a little bit of food from their mother. … Continue reading →
SUNDAY 24th JUNE 2018 11am—4pm ENTRY £4 per person – collection on car park gate … Continue reading →
After our fantastic success in the Cornwall and South West Tourism Excellence awards during the past three years as well as the the Visit England Award this year, we have decided not to apply for these awards again this year … Continue reading →
This latest arrival was hatched by a mother of a different species and raised to just over two weeks old by Olga our Eastern Siberian Eagle owl. This little chap or lady is actually a Great horned owl whose siblings … Continue reading →
We were extremely proud to be selected for the national awards and win the Bronze Award in the small attraction category at the visit England Excellence Awards which is a huge achievement for us. Thank you to all of our … Continue reading →
Bring the kids along Sunday 15th April for our back to school locals day only £5 per person. … Continue reading →
Cornwall Accessible Activities Program (CAAP) and the Screech Owl Sanctuary will be teaming up together again on Tuesday 10th April to hold a special fun day for its members and all the youngsters and their families to have a lovely … Continue reading →
The end of an era…….. It has been a very difficult time this winter with the loss of some of our elderly owls and also Kookie in such tragic circumstances. I am sad to tell you all that an extremely … Continue reading →
Just over a week left to make the most of our locals special only £5 entry per person daily until Saturday 24th March. Please quote ‘Locals special’. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Main activities in the close encounters … Continue reading →
The Screech team getting ready for a busy day today. One team are at Heligan Gardens for 9 consecutive days and Kay is going to the Park Hotel at Mawgan Porth. Hopefully the weather will be a bit warmer for … Continue reading →
We are very pleased to announce we were awarded GOLD for Small Attraction of the Year in the Southwest Tourism awards in Torquay this week. A huge achievement to wing the Gold award for the second year running amongst some … Continue reading →
£5 entry when you quote “Weekend offer” on Saturday and Sunday 10th & 11th February. Please do come along and meet the owls and see several flying display and animal encounters. If the weather is bad owl close encounters and … Continue reading →
Meet our three newest residents who arrived from Cambridge on Saturday. We have a pair of Indian Eagle owls and a male little owl to be a new husband for our female Mia. They will all need names and sponsorship. … Continue reading →
We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy new year for 2018. Thank you everyone for your support during 2017 and it has been a great year. We are closed until Saturday 10th February but … Continue reading →
We are open for one day on Sunday 3rd December for our Christmas fun day and please book your slot for Father Christmas prior to the day to avoid disappointment. … Continue reading →
Such a proud night and we were thrilled to achieve such tremendous awards. We would like to thank all our supporters and great team for winning Gold in small attraction of the year, the silver award in the access and inclusivity … Continue reading →
We have our gruesome Owl’oween fun day on Saturday 28th October – only £5 per person entry! … Continue reading →
Please come along this weekend for our special price weekend. … Continue reading →
Exciting news!! Meet our four baby Meerkats born 5 weeks ago to our new female and her two mates. They are now all eating solid food and as you can see having a royal feast! … Continue reading →
Cornwall Accessible Activities Program (CAAP) and the Screech Owl Sanctuary teamed up together on 23rd August to hold a special fun day for its members and all disabled youngsters and their families had a lovely day with the owls and … Continue reading →
Our owls love to help the happy couple celebrate their special day, please contact us for a price quote and availability. Charges depend on the location and duration of the visit. Please note that we don’t fly the owls at … Continue reading →
The annual bikers day on Sunday 25th June was a great success this year despite the weather being a little drizzly in the morning. We had nearly 800 visitors and many motorbikes, dealerships and biker stalls here and everyone seemed … Continue reading →
The two baby Indian Scops owls “Iggy” and twin hatched at the end of April. They are both a pair of cuties and have already wowed the visitors with their gorgeous characters. … Continue reading →
Meet Thistle & Paddy our two new Donkeys who arrived this week. They seem quite happy in their new surroundings with visitors stopping to say “Hello” and giving them a bit of attention. The Alpacas in the opposite paddock aren’t … Continue reading →
We are delighted to show you all our new all weather owl encounters barn which was finished in time for the half term in February. It has low level LED lighting for the indoor flying displays and a close encounters area … Continue reading →
Great day for our 2017 opening with lots of visitors and a smashing team! … Continue reading →
We were both shocked and delighted to win the Gold Award at South West Tourism Excellence awards which spans 6 counties and had 6 finalist up for awards in our category best small attraction in the south West. Well done … Continue reading →
Cornwall Tourism Awards We were absolutely thrilled to win the bronze in ACCESS & INCLUSIVITY AWARD and guess what?? We won the Gold Award again for the best small attraction for the second year running, well done team! … Continue reading →
Last week a colleague from Cambridge brought a new husband for “Pootle” the Ural owl and we hope she will approve of him. He is also brought a husband for “Dottie” the Vermiculated owl and a male White Faced Scops … Continue reading →
We were very sad to lose our female Meerkat three weeks ago giving birth to two babies. However the youngsters have been hand reared by staff since birth and are doing really well and becoming quite a handful now. Initially … Continue reading →
These are our recent ugly ducklings which will soon turn into beautiful Barn owls! … Continue reading →
Please meet our Western Siberian Eagle owl triplets hatched during the middle of June. These chunky little monkeys are growing at a very fast pace and eating us out of house and home. … Continue reading →
We have 8 young Tawny owls in care which were all admitted due to difficult circumstances or injuries. They are currently in our convalescing aviary building up wing muscle strength ready for release to their former locations during the next … Continue reading →
We are excited to announce we have a baby Meerkat in our gang. It is very young and the eyes are not open yet so we are thinking it is probably a few days old. This is our first breeding and … Continue reading →
The three Alpacas Eddie, Giovanni and Giuseppe were so relieved to get a shearing this week with the very hot and humid weather. Eddie is posing for his before and after pictures. … Continue reading →
This is our latest baby Boobook owl now named Clio which will be staying with us to join the hand tame owls at the close encounters. … Continue reading →
The breeding season has been very slow to start this year which may well be due to the extended cold weather. At least we have our first youngsters of the season to show off they are a pair of Indian … Continue reading →
Kevin & Dibs have done a fantastic job in building our new flight aviary. This is a private location aviary that will aid the wild owls that we are rehabilitating to gain fitness for release. It is a lovely long … Continue reading →
You may remember earlier in March we discovered a hibernating Pipistrelle bat under some damaged felt on our shop roof. Well our friends from the Cornwall Bat Aid returned today with our little Pipistrelle. Following medication & lots of TLC … Continue reading →
We hope you all like the improvements we have recently made to the Meerkat enclosure. We have just replaced the front Perspex with new clear polycarbonate sheets and have put a door in the rear of the enclosure for easier … Continue reading →
We are at the time of year when all the baby Tawny owls start to hatch in the trees. Long before these little creatures learn to fly they go exploring and walkabout on the ground and this is normal development and … Continue reading →
This poor little tawny owlet was admitted a couple of days ago after having been cut free from a barbed wire fence! The poor little blight had to visit our expert vet Chris Gardner at St Clement Vets Truro to … Continue reading →
On Tuesday 17th May from 3pm until 7pm Dr Luke Thompson will be hosting a poetry workshop here at the sanctuary. … Continue reading →
In November this Short Eared owl was admitted into our hospital from the Mousehole Wild Bird Hospital with a wing injury. After several months of rehabilitation and convalescing it was BTO rung and has been released back to its former location. A … Continue reading →
Happy New Year!! 2015 was a pinnacle year for the sanctuary with many great memories…. our 25th Anniversary & winning Gold at the Cornwall Tourism Awards to name a few…… none of this would be possible without the support of … Continue reading →
On June 27th we held our 25th celebration which was well attended by sponsors, invited guests and visitors and the day was hosted by Ian McNeice. The Anniversary day was a huge success, and was attended by over 500 people … Continue reading →
Despite trying to encourage people not to pick up baby Tawny owls when they find them on the ground at this time of year we always have quite a number brought in to us, and currently have seven in our … Continue reading →
We were delighted to breed three Western Siberian Eagle owls (Bubo bubo sibiricus) and two Eastern Siberian Eagle owls (Bubo bubo yenisseensis) this year. One of these lovely youngsters now named “Mushka” will be staying at the centre and being trained … Continue reading →
This tawny owl nicknamed “Stinky” was admitted into us a couple of months ago after swimming in a slurry pit on a farm!! He needed to have had several baths & started eating well again, and was BTO rung and … Continue reading →
Megan has just moved into her lovely new aviary, and it looks as if she fully approves of her new surroundings. We would like to say a big thanks to “Designersunnies” for helping to sponsor the materials for the aviary … Continue reading →
We were just thinking a few months how quiet our hospital unit had been & then this poor little soul turned up for admission. Unfortunately this barn owl had flown into an oil container on a farm & was covered … Continue reading →
Lots of visitors ask us about owl ears & where they are sited because they’re not visible externally…………. Well whilst health checking our Tengmalm’s owl yesterday we managed to capture this super photo which clearly shows the tubular eye shape … Continue reading →
This little tawny owl was found at a nearby school that we regularly visit by a young lad just a few weeks before Christmas. He was found late in the afternoon with his leg tangled in the long grass in … Continue reading →
