One of Plympton’s best loved and most easily recognisable members of the local community has died. Known by many simply as ‘The Owl Man’, Russell Burt passed away at Elburton Heights Care Home in January aged 88. Born in Cornwall he later moved to Yealmpton and subsequently to Plympton. Russ developed an interest in birds, … Continue reading Remembering Plympton’s ‘Owl Man’ and the Global Media Storm That Followed Him