Wigan villagers get in a flutter for festival to celebrate the owl
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Owlfest will return to Standish from 11am to 2pm on Saturday April 29, in what is the only festival in the country celebrating the owl.
It will be a free day packed full of activities linked to the bird that appears on the Standish emblem.
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Hide AdOrganised by the Friends of Standish Library, the event is sponsored by Standish Voice using money raised at a Christmas market.


There will be an owl display by Vale Royal Falconry and children will have the opportunity to dissect owl pellets – coughed-up, undigested food – to see what they eat.
They can also make an origami owl, take part in a competition to name an owl, listen to owl stories and have their face painted as the bird.
There will be an owl trail around the village in the run-up to the event, a stall from Wigan RSPB, refreshments and more.