Here are my free barn owl fact sheets, ready to download and print. There are detailed guides for adults, and colourful fact sheets for children. They're handy for schools, wildlife groups, talks and nature walks, or just to keep by the computer while you watch the live cameras.
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The Easy Guide to Barn Owls
My full, free book: 76 pages on everything from silent flight and hunting to ringing, nest boxes and the real story of the owls on my own cameras. No sign up needed, just click and it is yours.
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📄 Free barn owl PDF fact sheets
How to tell the sex of a barn owl
The clues to look for when working out whether a barn owl is male or female, from spots and throat colour to size and behaviour.
What do barn owls eat?
A guide to the barn owl's diet, from field voles, shrews and mice to how their menu changes with the seasons and where they live.
Life cycle: egg to fledging
From the first egg to the first flight, with a week by week guide to how an owlet grows up.
Building a nest box: the basics
The key measurements for a safe, successful barn owl nest box, in one page.
Built for the night
How a barn owl's face, eyes, ears and wings are all shaped for hunting in the dark.
The barn owl quiz
15 printable quiz questions with answers, great for a classroom or a quiet afternoon.
Where barn owls live in the UK
Habitat, home ranges and roosting, and why barn owls are not territorial in the usual sense.
Conservation: numbers and how to help
How barn owl numbers have changed, their legal protection, and practical ways anyone can help.
🧒 Barn owl fact sheets for kids
Colourful, easy-to-read fact sheets written especially for children. Each level builds on the one before, so young owl fans can work their way up from 10 facts to all 100. Perfect for the classroom, home learning or a rainy afternoon.
10 Barn Owl Facts
One page in big print, with ten simple facts and a space to draw your own barn owl.
20 Barn Owl Facts
Two pages of facts sorted into topics, from super senses to eggs and owlets.
50 Barn Owl Facts
Four pages covering looks, hunting, owl pellets, family life and how we can help barn owls.
100 Barn Owl Facts
The full set of 100 barn owl facts, for keen young naturalists and their families.
40 free quiz worksheets for schools
Twenty wildlife and twenty barn owl quiz worksheets for primary school children, each with a teacher's answer sheet and fun facts.
I'll be adding more fact sheets, so subscribe to Barn Owl Live to hear when new ones are ready. You'll also get our free barn owl book.
🎁 More free downloads
- 🏫 Free wildlife worksheets for schools
- 📷 Free wildlife images
- 🎨 Free wildlife illustrations
- 🖥️ Free barn owl and wildlife screensavers
- 📸 Free photographer icons
And if you'd like to see barn owls for yourself, watch our live barn owl nest camera, or test what you've learnt with our free wildlife and barn owl quiz.
Paul 🦉