A Co Down farmer is celebrating after one of Northern Ireland’s rarest birds successfully bred on his land for the third year in a row. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the ...

A barn owl conservationist from East Yorkshire says this year has been the second best breeding season in the area for decades. Robert Salter, 56, from Camerton, near Hedon, has been conserving the ...

Robert Salter, a 56-year-old bricklayer from Camerton near Hedon in East Yorkshire, England, has spent 35 years helping barn ...

The death toll also explains why they have so many young. In good habitat, they may have two clutches of eggs during a breeding season and owlets breed within their first year. The need for fertile ...

Three barn owls peek out of a nest box in Davis. A UC Davis study found the best time to clean nest boxes is in the fall, before the owls' winter breeding season. (Ryan Bourbour/UC Davis) When it ...

Four barn owl chicks have been ringed following a successful breeding year at a Hampshire country park. The chicks – believed to be three females and one male – were fitted with identification rings ...

Brickie Robert Salter is almost single-handedly responsible for turning the tide on a decline in the number of Britain's barn ...