Recently Rob has erected some nest boxes to help the local Little Owls as many of the mature trees in the area have fallen and natural nest sites are now rather scarce.
This spring he was pleased to find an adult bird on small young and kindly invited me to ring the chicks this weekend.
It'll be interesting to see how the boxes (and indeed the owls) perform over the coming years, hopefully we can understand them better and get an idea of breeding success and survival rates.
Ian
Photographs courtesy of Rob Hoare and Jan Hennig
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