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Originally Posted by pressld2  Well Jeff, considering that my question was basically "how long is a piece of string?" I would say that's a pretty fine answer! Dave P. |
I did try Dave
and if I may say so I think your intended approach is spot on. Oh and thanks for not putting any pressure on me
Garden Carpet - "Had I stopped and watched him would I have been breaking the law?" No, absolutely not Jaki - it's only an offence to disturb Barn Owls (and other Schedule 1 birds) whilst they're building a nest or whilst they're 'in, on, at or near a nest'. Clearly they will not yet be nesting at this time of year and so you could have stopped and watched your bird (and even disturbed it) to your heart's content and without doing anything illegal
m1.carson - that's a great shame Max
and if you could have established that the Owl was actually nesting in the units, then blocking its access would have been an offence worth reporting to your local police force's Wildlife Liaison Officer.
witham - and that's another sad tale witham
. It's also certainly true that Magpies often given Owls a hard time - a farmer friend of mine had a pair of Barn Owls nesting in a sort of attic right in the top of his turkey-rearing barn but one day he saw some Magpies mobbing one of the Owls and the Magpies subsequently raided the nest and destroyed the eggs
Jeff