Winter open weekend
Do come along this weekend for our winter opening at £2 per person. It will be the last opening under the ownership of Carolyn & Tom Screech so please come and say goodbye to us before we go on 20th … Continue reading →
A new Era
As some of you know the sanctuary has been up for sale for just over a year and it is nearly 30 years since we the founded Screech Owl Sanctuary and became the guardians of the owls. It is inevitable … Continue reading →
HALLOWEEN EVENT
Halloween event on Saturday 2nd November from 10 am until 4 pm. Only £2 per person entry and wear your scariest costume! … Continue reading →
Back to school weekend
Next weekend we are inviting you all along for our back to school weekend from 10 am until 4 pm for just £5 per person entry! … Continue reading →
Research
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 →
Conservation Weekend
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 →
Cornwall Accessible Activities Programme (CAAP) day
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
Bikers Meet & Barbecue Event Sunday 9th June from 11am until 4pm … Continue reading →
A March great offer!
Yet another fantastic offer for all our supporters. … Continue reading →
Cornwall Tourism Awards
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
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 →
We open this weekend
Don’t forget we open this weekend and have a special offer locals weekend!!! … Continue reading →
OWL’O’WEEN
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
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 →
Back to School day
Come along next Sunday to our Back to school day at only £5 per person. … Continue reading →
Injured birds
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 →
Meerkat Additions
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 →
Bikers Day
SUNDAY 24th JUNE 2018 11am—4pm ENTRY £4 per person – collection on car park gate … Continue reading →
Award Sponsorship
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 →
Surrogate owlet
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 →
Visit England Award
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 →
Back to School day
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) Event
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!
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 →
Locals special
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 →
TEAM 2018
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 →
Another Gold Award for the Screech Team
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 →
New Season Weekend Offer
£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 →
New Owl Residents
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 →
Merry Christmas
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 →
Christmas Fun Day
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 →
Cornwall Tourism Awards
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 →
Owl’O’ween Event
We have our gruesome Owl’oween fun day on Saturday 28th October – only £5 per person entry! … Continue reading →
Back to School Weekend
Please come along this weekend for our special price weekend. … Continue reading →
Meerkat Manor
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) Event
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 →
Weddings
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 →
Bikers Day
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 →
Indian Scops babies
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 →
Two new additions of the four legged kind
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 →
New all weather owl encounters barn
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 →
Team 2017
Great day for our 2017 opening with lots of visitors and a smashing team! … Continue reading →
South West Tourism Excellence Awards 2017
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 2016
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 →
Four new owl arrivals
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 →
Orphaned Meerkats
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 →
Late arrivals
These are our recent ugly ducklings which will soon turn into beautiful Barn owls! … Continue reading →
Western Siberian Eagle owl trio
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 →
Class of 2016
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 →
Baby Meerkat
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 Alpacas haircut
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 →
Baby Boobook owl
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 →
Pair of Indian Scops owl babies
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 →
New rehabilitation flight aviary
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 →
Bat release
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 →
Meerkat enclosure improvements
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 →
Baby Tawny Owls
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 →
Young Tawny owl with barbed wire in leg
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 →
Poetry Workshop
On Tuesday 17th May from 3pm until 7pm Dr Luke Thompson will be hosting a poetry workshop here at the sanctuary. … Continue reading →
Short Eared owl release
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
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 →
Our 25th Anniversary celebration
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 →
Baby Tawny owls
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 →
Meet four of our young Siberian Eagle owls
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 →
Stinky the Tawny owl that fell in the slurry pit
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’s New House
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 →
Barn Owl Rescue
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 →
All ears!
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 →
Tawny Owl Release
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 →