Whilst ringing at Bestwood the other day a photographer gave me a ring he had recovered from a pellet he had found on site. There were several pellets beneath the fence post, they were quite large, didn't appear too old and there was lots of white streaking down the post, which led him to think that it was the work of a Barn Owl.
Reporting the ring via DemOn revealed that the ring was from a Blackbird, ringed at Bestwood Country Park, 6km away on 11 November 2017.
The photographer did return that evening to see if the predator returned to that post but nothing appeared whilst he was there. I guess we will both check out that post from time to time now.
Mick P
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