Owl Pellet Dissection

Young boy wearing plastic gloves and holding a magnifying glass looks at bones extracted from an owl pellet. The pieces are spread on green paper towels on a table.
Barn owl

©Andy Rouse/2020VISION

Owl Pellet Dissection

Location:
Great Fen Countryside Centre, Chapel Road, Ramsey Heights, Cambridgeshire, PE262RS
Book
Can you discover who our local owls have been hunting?

Event details

Date

Time
10.30am-12.00pm
A static map of Owl Pellet Dissection

About the event

Join us to dissect an owl pellet at the Wildlife Trust Countryside Centre in Ramsey Heights. Pellets have been retrieved from the Great Fen and you will become a wildlife monitor for the day, reporting back to our team on what species our local owls have been hunting! This is real data that will be used by our conservation team to understand the small mammal population and health of our birds of prey. We will carefully break up the pellet, clean and compile the skeletons inside and identify which species they belong to. Maybe there will be more than one! A great start to your 30 Days Wild! 

All materials will be provided for you. We will be working in a small group inside our classroom. When your session has finished, or before it has begun, you are welcome to explore the nature reserve, build dens, go minibeast hunting and bring a picnic. 

Please see the website for full event terms and conditions.

Booking

Price

Child Wildlife Trust BCN Member £5, Non-member £7.50. Plus Eventbrite fees.

Suitable for

Families, Children

Contact us

Danielle Page
Contact number: 01487 815524
Contact email: info@greatfen.org.uk