Sharnbrook Barn Owls

 The Barn Owls that we ringed on 19th June at Sharnbrook are progressing well and getting ready to leave the nest site. The video was supplied by Simon Wantling from a camera mounted on the outside of the box. 

Barn Owls at Olney Park Farm

 Last week, accompanied by Chris Payne and John Boland we checked seven Barn Owl boxes on Olney Park Farm, just over the Northamptonshire border in North Buckinghamshire.
Two of the boxes contained Barn Owls. The first had three owlets, which were duly ringed, and the second had a stunning female along with two owlets. The female was ringed although the owlets were too small at present and will require a further visit. All ringing is undertaken under strict Schedule 1 permit restrictions.