Six eggs give hope for Barn Owl recovery project
A clutch of six barn owl eggs have been laid in North Yorkshire. Their numbers have been in decline and each bird is seen as vital to population recovery.
New eggs could turn around record low numbers of barn owls
These could be the most precious eggs this easter - even if they are a few days late.
Hidden away in a nest in the Yorkshire countryside six eggs are waiting to hatch - and the reason they're so vital is that they are barn owls - one of the region's most threatened birds of prey.
Numbers are at an all time low, but these new birds are being monitored by video link by one of Yorkshire's top wildlife artists who's determined that they'll help to save our endangered barn owl population.
Jon Hill reports:
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