New Barn Owl addition

20th June 2016 -  A red letter day for me. Something I've always wanted to do....bird ringing.

It was arranged for me to meet with Dave McGough an experienced local birder and Dr.Simon Cox a licensed bird ringer for the county and an expert on Barn Owls. The job was to ring some young Barn owls before they few the nest. Sorry but the location can't be shared , but it's in Havering. We approached the nest box in pouring rain on private land.( permission granted before hand). Five young Barn owls had been reared, and  ready for leaving within days.The adult birds had left the nest to hunt, which was our chance to examine, measure, weigh and finally ring the chicks
A few photo's ( above ) of the chicks and the procedure to examine and ring them.
The birds were totally unharmed and returned to their box.
A wonderful day for me that will remain with me forever!