At a time of year when people marvel at
the beauty of the Barn Owl, because
they inevitably will have a Christmas card with one on, I have been busy wrapping my latest Christmas box.
Lee Walker, from the Predatory
Bird Monitoring Scheme contacted me last year asking for any dead Barn Owls to
be forwarded on to him, regardless of how they were killed. They send out the
freepost boxes, I usually have one at home so that I can send it off quickly
before the birds start decomposing. They aim to quantify any levels of
contaminants in the liver and eggs of selected species, to determine how and
why they vary between species and regions, how they change over time and the
effects they have on individual birds and their populations.
This is the 3rd Barn Owl I
have had from this general location in as many months, no wonder that is our
worst performing area!
Posted on behalf of Chris Griffiths, Montgomeryshire Barn Owl Group
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