The charity founders, have been working with owls for over 15 years, initial as volunteers for the World Owl Trust, Cumbria and then for North Wales Bird Trust, Llandudno, North Wales.

Sooner or later, the founders started to take the work home. This was the start of Owlrescue (2002) and in 2004, purchased a small holding near Corwen, North Wales to act as charity base for now increasing number of birds.

For many years, Owlrescue and North Wales Bird Trust worked very closely on joint ventures, with one of the founders also being a trustee of North Wales Bird Trust.

In the summer of 2007, the founder resigned as trustee of North Wales Birds Trust to concentrate on their own charity, getting full charity status in April 2009.

The charity specialist Owl Rehabilitation Centre is based on a 3 Acre Small Holding at Bryneglwys, about 5 miles away from Corwen, with intake from North Wales, Cheshire and Shropshire area.

The centre at present can cater for between 65- 85 owls on a day basis and is supported by volunteers from a wide area, along with 3 local volunteers from village.

The centre is not open to the public, with fundraising been done via attending local events, sponsorship of the birds, and doing public talks.

Many of the birds at the Trust have found their way here in a bad way, ill-treated or as a result of an accident. Those who make a full recovery are released back to the wild. Those that are permanently disabled are provided with a comfortable environment at the sanctuary for the remainder of their lives.

Education is one of the main functions of the Trust. We visit schools, youth organizations and many adult groups with our owls. We are very keen to allow people to see and touch these owls and consider our educational work to be equal in importance to all our breeding programmes.

Our aim is to promote an awareness of the conservation needs of owls at home and abroad and of their natural habitats within the environment. As with many forms of animal and plant life, owls are threatened on a worldwide basis. Over 85% of all owls are recognized as rare or seriously endangered and we are still discovering new species!