Monitoring

Information about owl monitoring and the National Recording Scheme.

All the sites where nest boxes have been erected are regularly monitored for occupation, breeding success and need for maintenance and cleaning out. Young owlets are ringed as part of a National Recording Scheme.  All activities involving handling of the owlets and examination of the nest site are carried out by a person with the appropriate Licence to do so, since Barn Owls are a Protected Species.  The information so gained provides relevant local data for adding to that gained from other areas.

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