Many weeks ago, I went to Bath to see Minerva's Owls, a sculpture trail of over 80 painted owl sculptures available to auction to raise money for different charities local to Bath. The weekend that I visited them was a wash-out, so I did not get to see many of the sculptures and vowed to return if they had an event showing them all in one place, which they did. The owl sculptures, which were on display until the 10th of September, were brought together at the Bath Rugby Grounds for their final public event at the end of September before the auction.

Oswold by Charlotte and Claire Self
Below are photographs of the owls during their final public event before the auction. All 82 owls were auctioned in mid-October, and the owls raised nearly £140,000 for charity.

Nocturnowl by Annabel Menheneott

The Owl and the Pussycat by Jane Veveris Callan

Forest Stump by Jane Robinson

Forest Stump by Jane Robinson

Basanti by Elysia Paterson

Cosmos the Owlstranaut by Tony Hitchcock

Spokes by Perry Harris

Octavius by Joanna Dewfall; Cosmic Allen by Cheba; Speculo by Bath Aqua Glass community project; Street Wise Owl by Laura Fearn

Golden Civetta by Josie Bahar

Emma the Community Rail Owl by Keynsham ArtSpace/Joe Tymkow

Emily by Vera Carbin

JK Owling by Jo McCarron

Digitowl by John Gould

Owls

Lumin15 by James Aveling
The owls that fetched the highest prices at auction were the mosaic 'Octavius', which received £7,500 and JK Owling, which made £5,500.

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