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Queen of hearts … one of last year’s barn owl chicks is ringed at the Kelly family’s farm in Co Down, UK. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the region, but the Kellys put up
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Queen of hearts … one of last year’s barn owl chicks is ringed at the Kelly family’s farm in Co Down, UK. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the region, but the Kellys put up nest boxes and have managed to attract a breeding pair. “Seeing barn owls breed here for three years running is the ultimate reward for farming with nature,” Adam Kelly said
Photograph: Ulster Wildlife/PA
