The Hawk and Owl Trust works for the conservation of wild birds of prey and their habitats - both in its growing number of nature reserves and in partnership with others.
A special feature of the Trust is the close working partnership between our conservation team and farmers and other landowners, as well as with ornithologists and like-minded environmental organisations. This practice has, for example, already done much to help conserve Britain's barn owls, harriers and merlins.
Conservation experts give advice to farmers and other landowners on creating, protecting and managing habitats and offer them practical help. They also put up artificial nest sites - boxes, baskets or platforms - for a wide range of owls and other birds of prey where natural sites have been lost or are threatened.
A particular example of the Trust's work is the Community Owls Project with communities in South-west England learning how to monitor local wildlife and create and conserve habitats.
The Barn Owl Conservation Network is a project of the Hawk and Owl Trust that aims to increase barn owl numbers in the wild to 6000 breeding pairs by the year 2012. It is a network of specialist voluntary advisers, promoting a nationwide habitat creation scheme along with the installation of nestboxes. The BOCN is funded by The Sheepdrove Trust.
