Baggy Moor barn owl baby boom
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Michelle Dolphin |
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14-Nov-2007 |
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Barn owls along rivers and wetlands in the West of the
We have been buying nest boxes for this area for the past few years and this summer we installed even more. They have been erected in safe areas in barn-owl-friendly farmer’s fields, well away from roads, where night-time traffic causes many barn owl casualties.
Installation was carried out by our own Operations Delivery Team, with advice and assistance from the Shropshire Barn Owl Group. Boxes have also been erected along many tributaries of the River Severn in
The Shropshire Barn Owl Group also monitor the barn owl numbers. The programme has been successful and barn owl numbers in the area have grown steadily since the boxes were erected.
River corridors are excellent habitats for barn owls which feed on mice and voles, which in turn require long grass and buffer strips for their habitat.
The installation of the nest boxes complements the Environment Agency’s work in meeting government targets for habitat improvements in the
Technical Officer, Simon Cuming, says: “The barn owl programme is part of our wider habitat creation programme. It has been very successful and we hope that this year’s brood will soon be occupying the new nest boxes we have installed this summer, and raising families of their own, which will increase the population of barn owls even further.”
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Further information
For more information on barn owls see:
www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/b/barnowl/index.asp
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07/287fer |
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