Monday, August 03, 2015

Barn Owl site witheld

Went with Roy to check out a potential Barn Owl site and found the above sat on a wall. Digi scoped shots however shows the bird with a blue ring on its leg, as far as I know not a BTO ring so probably of captive origin. However the bird showed no sign of wear on its tail and flight feathers a feature captive birds sometimes show. Because of the possibility of breeding the site is withheld. If no one has objections I will post results of the Leo and Shortie survey soon, no sites will be given, all comments welcome.

2 comments:

NTBR said...

A good few more of them in Calderdale would be good.

Good to see the photos Nick.

Dave Brotherton said...

well spotted Nick great pics, wish there were more of these birds about