Barn Owl
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Did you know...
The Project in partnership with landowners and volunteers has constructed 25 artificial otter holts along the valley
Barn Owl
The Barn Owl used to be a relatively common bird of lowland farmland, hunting at dusk over rough grassland In search of its main prey, the short-tailed vole. Barn Owl numbers have been declining since the 1930s, in part due to reduction in rough grassland, but also due to the loss of old barns and hollow trees to nest in. The Barn owl with its evocative ghostly form, is an important flagship species for encouraging the maintenance and creation of rough grassland habitat. New schemes to encourage grass margins around arable fields could have a huge benefit for this bird.
Please click here for the latest Barn-owl newsletter September 2009.
Objectives
To expand the network of nest boxes in areas known to have barn owls present. Encourage landowners to create networks of rough grassland to increase vole and mice numbers.
Target areas
- Higham-Stoke by Nayland
- Assington-Bures
- Alphamstone-Henny
- Pentlow-Foxearth
- Kedington
Recent Works
A local representative of the Barn Owl network is assisting the Project with advice on appropriate habitat management and locations for nest boxes to landowners. During 2004 we ringed the first brood of chicks to be successfully reared in one of the 20 boxes we have erected.
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