21st January..... Barn Owls.

Toured the Barnie Boxes today giving them their annual clean out, all were vacant except for one which hosted this young male from last summers brood as shown by the characteristic evenly worn, coloured & patterned primaries & secondaries on the wing feathers, also the tips of the flight feathers would have darker & more extensive markings on an adult bird.
His vital statistic were noted : weight 295 grams, wing length 297mm. Ringed under license & placed back in the box.
Thanks to Mike for the technical data.
Don.

Images Copyright : Don Stone/Stewart Dennis.