Barn Owl Chick From Rutland Water Nature Reserve Takes an Unexpected Trip to the Beach!

And finally, we're not the only ones flocking to the seaside for some fresh air!

Barn Owl Chick From Rutland Water Nature Reserve Takes an Unexpected Trip to the Beach! - Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

barn owl sitting on a post, the upright bird is a dark sandy colour on its back with a paler cream belly — (image: pixabay)

A Barn Owl chick, ringed from a nesting box at Rutland Water Nature Reserve in July 2022 has been re-sighted in the last week in Skegness - more than 50 miles away from Rutland.

A Barn Owl chick, ringed from a nesting box at Rutland Water Nature Reserve in July 2022 has been re-sighted in the last week in Skegness - more than 50 miles away from Rutland. Whilst many of us will have flocked to the beach at the weekend to enjoy the 30-degree heat, we hadn’t expected one of our Barn Owls to end up on the East Coast too. Especially given that studies have shown on average, Barn Owls do not travel further than five miles away from where they hatched. The young Barn Owl was caught, and later released, on the 5th of June at the Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Skegness, a total of 52 miles away from Rutland Water (as the Barn Owl flies).