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© 2005 Three Owls Bird Sanctuary
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A New Chapter
21st June 2010
The Sanctuary is currently in a transitional stage, while moving from wild bird hospital and rehabilitation, to increasing its wild bird care and conservation work.
Every single one of the resident birds at Three Owls were found quality lifelong sanctuary homes when we were forced to close that side of the Sanctuary down; through overwhelming red tape from local council and government.
We would like to express our grateful thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years, and continues to do so now. As we said when the hospitals were here; a bird is a bird, and a life is a life – we do not discriminate. This is no less the case now with our conservation work, and we are maintaining our Website, email and Helpline facilities, to enable us to spread our wealth of advice as far as possible – there's no use having knowledge if it isn't shared.
Those people who knew our founder; Mrs Eileen Watkinson MBE would know that she had far more in mind for Three Owls, than just a wild bird hospital and nature reserve. Although space on the Rochdale site is generally quite good, it is limiting in other respects, and following the vacation of the buildings at Wolstenholme Fold, we will be able to realise even more of these aims of Mrs Watkinson, as well as help an even larger area of wild birds than previously possible.
It should be noted that Three Owls is an independent charity, affiliated to the Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust, but unconnected with any other wild bird hospital or sanctuary. The family of Mrs Watkinson MBE have stated that her name must not be used in connection with any other charity than Three Owls. To this end they have already declared this with the regulatory bodies as concern was raised that others may try to profit from use of her name; quite literally by taking her name in vain.
Currently, we still have the owls onsite, as the Barn Owl Trust who are homing them all for us, are building a huge new aviary to house them all in. Work is in progress to tidy-up the site where the aviaries stood, although as we are in the middle of the baby season, work on the Nature Reserve is limited, as we have to work around the nesting birds of which the site is plentiful.
In respect of all of the above, you should note that Three Owls Bird Sanctuary and Reserve is far from closed... it has simply started a new chapter in its life.
Nigel S Fowler
Trustee
Dr David J. Unwin, MB-ChB MRCGP
Nigel S. Fowler
Stewart M. F. Jennings BA Vet MB MRCVS Registered Charity No 298352
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