Owls on display in Bognor town centre

The visitors of all ages to the Laburnum Centre enjoyed the opportunity to get up close to a collection of owls.

Ten of the beautiful creatures were on display in the centre's latest coffee morning.

They could be held and photographed for those who wanted to experience the birds on their hands and arms.

The owls '“ which included an Indian eagle, little, short-eared and long-eared '“ stared inscrutably at those looking at them.

They were taken along to last Saturday'sevent by JTS Falcons of Staffordshire.

Toni Bond, of JTS, said: "Most people's reaction is that they don't think the owls are real because they are so still.

Owls are lazy creatures. They sit still for 23 hours a day. They wait for their dinner to come to them."

The coffee morning was held by the Friends of the Laburnum Centre. Friends' chairman Iris Riddle said the idea was to raise the centre's profile.

"We had the owls at the centre but only the members were here.

"We wanted all ages to have the chance to enjoy them. We have had a lot of children in and they have been delighted by seeing the owls."

Some 200 people went along to the Lyon Street centre during the first two hours of the four-hour event.

There was a range of stalls selling various goods and homemade lunches available.

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