Barn Owls - 7th July 2023

 A first trip round to some of the boxes that we've taken over from JM, locating the boxes and constructing a few routes to make the visits as efficiently as possible. It was clear, as we checked each box, that this is a difficult year with most boxes with young having just two and in one case only one youngster. There are a couple of boxes that need call backs due to the small size of the pulli so we hope they continue to develop well.

One of 7 pulli ringed today

We were able to catch three adults with a hand net as they left their boxes,  and two had been ringed as pulli by JM last year.

This adult received a ring as she was captured in a hand net before the box was checked.

We also managed to clean up at the sewage works after a call to ring the one surviving youngster. We hope to have a darvic ringing project in place for next year's chicks.

Oystercatcher young

All ringing and monitoring undertaken with appropriate schedule 1 licence in place.

Fakenham Sewageworks

Oystercatcher - 1

Sandringham Estate

Barn Owl -8 new (7 pulli and 1 adult) with 2 retraps