Blog: June 2026

Tawny Owls breed earlier in the year than the other species on which we focus; our work on monitoring and ringing them this year is all but done. So we shouldn’t be concerned that in June we ringed precisely zero Tawny chicks; we weren’t looking for them. But, as for Barn Owls… an informal tally from the group’s WhatsApp chatter reveals that we have ringed 68 Barn owl chicks this month alone. On…