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'Noddy', landing on our washing line! recorded from another camera. | 'Noddy', landing on our washing line! recorded from another camera. | ||
=====Evidence that you have Barn Owls===== | =====Evidence that you have Barn Owls===== | ||
When we did our [https://www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk/activity/nature-walks/ evening nature walk with Nigel, a local gamekeeper from Church Farms, Stow Bardolph] he showed us underneath where barn owls had been perching. | When we did our [https://www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk/activity/nature-walks/ evening nature walk with Nigel, a local gamekeeper from Church Farms, Stow Bardolph], he showed us underneath where barn owls had been perching. | ||
Their scat or faeces is very white, almost chalky due to the high protean carnivorous diet. There's very little evidence of solid matter though, almost all from liquid it seems. Look around the ground under trees near you owl box for evidence of this - it's pretty obvious once you spot it. It was even | Their scat or faeces is very white, almost chalky due to the high protean carnivorous diet. There's very little evidence of solid matter though, almost all from liquid it seems. Look around the ground under trees near you owl box for evidence of this - it's pretty obvious once you spot it. It was even seen under where the owl [[#Barn Owl on our washing line!|sat on our washing line]]. | ||
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Image:White scat from barn owls.jpg|A barn owl has been sitting above here! | Image:White scat from barn owls.jpg|A barn owl has been sitting above here! | ||