What a hoot! - The Birmingham parliament

In March I noted that a Birmingham Parliament was being assembled with Wild in Art bringing nearly 100 owls to Birmingham, http://birminghamcentral.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/the-birmingham-parliament.html.  The parliament is now here with owls assembled across the city for ten weeks until the 27 September 2015.

There are 89 fibreglass owl sculptures spread across the city with owls sponsored by companies and organisations.  

When the owls have flown they will be sold off at an auction which will be raising funds for Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Louise McCathie from the Birmingham Children's Hospital told ITV News Central:

"It's been a fantastic opportunity for artists locally and over the country to just get involved so it's a mass participation event and it's free."
http://www.itv.com/news/central/2015-07-19/big-hoot-owls-move-into-birmingham-overnight/

The owls are a fabulous draw to the city both raising attention and funds for Birmingham Children's Hospital but inviting visitors and residents alike to explore the city.  The artists have produced stunning individual owls but collectively as a parliament a display Birmingham can be proud to show the world.

The following photos are some of the owls i've visited so far.

There is a trail to follow, reproduced below from: http://thebighoot.co.uk/trail/, which you can download as a pdf version.

The following is a list of the owls, reproduced from http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/big-hoot-can-see-owls-9691964, showing their name, the artist, sponsor and where they are located.

1	Big Brown Inky Owl	Kate Leonard	JQ Bid	Jewellery Quarter Station
2	Jewellery Owl	Susan Guthrie	Birmingham City University	Golden Square, Jewellery Quarter
3	Bejewelled Owl	Claire Scully	JQ Bid	St Paul's Square, Jewellery Quarter
4	Nature's Growth	Mat Barber	Irwin Mitchell	Church Street Square
5	Priceless	Sarah Taylor Silverwood	Lloyds Bank	Cathedral Square
6	One Giant Hoot for Owlkind	Vicky Scott	LDC	Cathedral Square
7	Wise Owl	Georgia Henn; Simon Elman	Eversheds	Cathedral Square
8	Skyclad	Mac1 - Lee Woods	PwC	St Philip's Square
9	Delivered by Owl	Helen Dodsworth	Citypress	St Philip's Place
10	Disco Owl	Sophie Handy and Claire Witcomb working with Nechells POD	Wragge Lawrence Graham	St Philip's Place
11	Under the Glow of Moonlight	Kristina Butigan	Catalyst Corporate Finance	Temple Row
12	Clash	Damien Jeffery	KPMG	Cathedral Square
13	Blue-y	Natalie Guy	Harrow Green	Great Western Arcade
14	Dr Whoot	Stephen Mckay	London Midland	Snow Hill Station
15	The Graduate	Deven Bhurke	Wesleyan	Colmore Square
16	Tessellated Triangles	Deven Bhurke	Shoosmiths LLP	Colmore Square
17	Leo	Ruth Green	Pinsent Masons	Colmore Square
18	The Birmingham Children's Hospital Owl	Adam Pryce	NoVate	Steelhouse Lane
19	Florence Nightin'owl	Deven Bhurke	Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust	Outside Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane
20	Dotty	David Graham	CrossCountry	Old Square Roundabout
21	Happy Birthday FEED!	Thomas McIlroy; Alice Milner; Jay Tomlins; Jordan Hannon; John Moore	Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMET)	MET Matthew Boulton Campus, Jennens Road
22	The Green Owl	Julia Zeller-Jacques	Forest Holidays	Eastside City Park
23	The Big Hoot	OWB. Painted by Glenn Anderson.	OWB	East side City Park
24	Through New Eyes	David Hand	The Custard Factory	Gibb Square, The Custard Factory
25	Yellow	Glenn Anderson	Wild in Art	On the roof at the custard Factory
26	BEORMA	Betty Underwood. Painted by Jodie Silverman.	The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham	St Martin in the Bullring
27	Selfie	Martin Band	LDC	Green Wall, St Martin's Square, Bullring
28	Skyline 2015	Nick Murley	Bullring	Central Street, Bullring
29	The Owl and the Pussycat	Darel Seow	Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity	Level 3 Balcony inside the Bullring
30	FreeRadioOwl	Free Radio Productions	Free Radio	Level 3 balcony inside the Bullring
31	Re-Tail	Temper	Retail Birmingham	Junction of New Street and High Street
32	Starlight	Caroline Jariwala	Birmingham Adoption and Fostering Service	High Street
33	I See A Darkness	Ben Javens	Great Western Arcade	Moor Street Link adjacent to Worcester Street
34	Nightingale	Miah Gill. Painted by Glenn Anderson.	Lloyds Bank	New Street
35	Ozzy's Owl	Ozzy Osbourne and Graham Frank-Wright	Retail Birmingham	New Street
36	Swirly Whirly Birmingham Owl-land	Rachel Blackwell	Hortons	Burlington Arcade
37	Owl Aboard!	Milan Topalovic	CrossCountry	New Street Station, (North West Corner Entrance)
38	Stop - rewind and come again!	Glenn Anderson	Fort Dunlop	John Bright Street
39	Peacock	Jane Anderson working with Black Voices UK	The Mailbox	The Mailbox
40	Mr Architect	Sam Pierpoint	The Cube	The Cube Level 5 Atrium
41	Owl-livia	Charlie Langhorne	Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar and Grill Birmingham	The Cube Rooftop Terrace Level 5
42	You Can Call Me Owl	Stephen Mckay	Brindleyplace	Central Square, Brindleyplace
43	The Oozells Owl	Jodie Silverman	Deutsche Bank	Central Square, Brindleyplace
44	Midnight Moths	Alyn Smith	Harrow Green	Oozells Square, Brindleyplace
45	Percy Pertemps	Cathy Simpson	Pertemps Network	The ICC, (canalside)
46	Owlfred	Kristian Movahed	Birmingham Mail and Birmingham Post	The Mall at ICC
47	Welcome to Birmingham	Laura Hallett	Pertemps Network	ICC Entrance
48	Owlbert	Meghan Allbright	University College Birmingham	Centenary Square, near the Birmingham Rep and ICC
49	Wise Old Owl	Kieron Reilly and Lynsey Brecknell	Gateley Plc	Centenary Square, near the amphitheatre
50	Jack	Martin Band	JLT Specialty	Centenary Square, near the Hall of Memory
51	TropicOwl	Jenny Leonard	Twycross Zoo	Centenary Square, near the Library of Birmingham
52	The Ship	Neil Morris	Listers	Chamberlain Square
53	Our Happy Hospit-owl	Cathy Simpson	Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity	Chamberlain Square
54	New Street Flyer	Mik Richardson	New Street Station, Network Rail	Victoria Square
55	Tick-Tock	Illona Clark	Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce	Victoria Square
56	Unity With Diversity	Somia Jamal	Birmingham Airport	Victoria Square
57	Active Owl	Craig Earp	Birmingham Wellbeing Service	Victoria Square
58	Alf the Penguin Owl	Deven Bhurke	The National SEA LIFE Centre	Victoria Square (lower level)
59	Bob the Bat	Ruth Green	Wild in Art	Gas Street Basin
60	Tea T-Owl	Amy Crabtree	Wild in Art	Junction of Corporation Street and James Watt Queensway
61	The Sutton Coldfield Owl	Scarlett Byfield	Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMET)	BMET Sutton Coldfield Campus, Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield
62	Serenity	Neil Morris	Dignity Plc	Holy Trinity Parish Church Church Gardens Sutton Coldfield
63	Spotting and Jotting in Birmingham	Matt Sewell	Sutton Coldfield Town Centre BID	Outside Sutton Park Visitor Centre Sutton Coldfield
64	Ahoy Matey	Deven Bhurke	The Gracechurch Centre	The Gracechurch Centre, Sutton Coldfield
65	A Word to the Wise	Elizabeth Forrest	The West Brom	The Mall, The Parade, Sutton Coldfield
66	Hedwig Owl	Michelle Heron	Sutton Coldfield Town Centre BID	Maney Corner, Birmingham Road, Sutton Coldfield
67	Love Owl	Nisha Grover	BEST WESTERN PREMIER Moor Hall Hotel and Spa	Best Western Premier, Moor Hall Hotel and Spa, Sutton Coldfield, entrance via Weeford Road
68	Rainforest	Anna Dunn	Twycross Zoo	Twycross, Atherstone
69	Perry Chocobow Swanet	Log Roper	Birmingham City council and NewRiver Retail	Central Square Shopping Centre, High Street, Erdington
70	Fleet and Free	Joshua Billingham	LDC	Alexander Stadium, Perry Barr
71	The Handsworth Park Owl and The Pussy Cat	Scylla Parkyn	Birmingham City Council and Arts Council England	Handsworth Park, Holly Road, Handsworth
72	Octavia	Faith Pearson working with Octavius Learning and Development PArtnership	Birmingham City Council,Veolia,Environmental Trust and Baron Davenport's Charity	Soho House, Soho Avenue
73	The Birchfield Sable	Jane Anderson working with Black Voices UK	Birmingham City Council and Awards for All	Aston Park, Trinity Road, Aston
74	Midnight Hoot	Jayne Deeley	Fort Dunlop	Fort Dunlop, (forecourt)
75	Night Owl	Michelle Turton	Fort Dunlop	Fort Dunlop, Atrium
76	Oliver	Sophie Handy and Claire Witcomb working with Nechells POD	Birmingham City Council and Nechells POD	The POD, Oliver Street, Nechells
77	Saltley Stories	Martin McNally and Sharonjeet Galsinh working with Reel Access and Norton Hall	Birmingham City Council and Awards for All	Ward End Park, Washwood Heath Road
78	Fitcap Wisey	Mr the Beef (Inky Goodness) working with FITCAP	Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Airport	Blakesley Hall Museum, Blakesley Road
79	Showlden	Milan Toplovic working with St Thomas' Church and Community Project	Birmingham City Council and Birmingham Airport	Sheldon Country Park, Old Rectory Farm, Ragley Drive
80	Papa Winson	Colin Gabbidon working with Ladywood Arts Forum	Birmingham City council and Awards for All	Summerfield Park, Dudley road, Soho
81	Poddy	Fozia Malik working with Our Community CIC	Birmingham city council and Wild in Art	Washwood Heath
82	Blodeuwedd	Guy McKinley	Wild in Art	Kings Heath Park, Kings Heath
83	Owl of Athena	Karoline Rerrie	Wild in Art	Kings Heath Library, Kings Heath
84	The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea	Mik Richardson	Kings Heath Bid	Kings Heath Village Square, Kings Heath
85	Buttons	Michelle Heron	Cadbury World	Cadbury World, Bournville
86	Twit Choo-Choo	Joseph Hewston. Painted by Glenn Anderson	CrossCountry	University Station Plaza, Edgbaston
87	The Bone Ranger	Anne Guest	University of Birmingham	The Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clocktower, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston
88	Hootankhamoon	Dale E Evans	University of Birmingham	West Gate, University of Birmingham
89	G'owl'd	Temper	Edward's Trust. Supported by Wild in Art	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

You can find more information about the Big Hoot on their website: http://thebighoot.co.uk/