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.
Harsh winters almost wiped out barn owl population
Harsher winters in recent years wiped out up to eighty per cent of Yorkshire's barn owls, according to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
A new batch of eggs could provide a significant boost to the recovery effort:
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