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.
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Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Barn Owls at Sharnbrook
Following on from last weeks success this morning we were again over the border, this time in Bedfordshire at Sharnbrook.
The Group had been contacted by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), who had themselves been contacted by Unilever in Sharnbrook, asking if we could review and possibly ring some Barn Owls in a box on the Unilever site.
We were guided to the site by Simon Wantling, from Unilver, and we were pleased to find four very healthy owlets in the box. These were all duly ringed and returned to the safety of their box. All disturbance and ringing is carried out under strict Schedule 1 licence requirements.
One of the Barn Owls after ringing.
All safely returned to their box.
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