Four nest boxes were made by the children of Lochinver Wildlife Watch Group, supervised by the Ranger Service.
Barn owls have been seen in Assynt in recent years in various places but they have never been recorded breeding. The children decided to build these boxes to encourage them to breed. Unfortunately the winter of 2009/10 was quite severe and we do not know how the owls have coped.
They have been placed in trees at Inchnadamph, Ledbeg, Clashnessie and Drumbeg
Two birds near jetty, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH) (18/04)
Two birds calling on Loch Drumbeg (Corinne France) (17/04)
20 birds over Clachtoll (DAH) (17/04)
Four birds displaying near Clachtoll Broch (DAH) (17/04)
Two birds feeding on niger seed, Torbreck garden (J. Wright) (17/04)
Two birds, Torbreck garden (J. Wright) (16/04)
Single bird moulting from winter to summer plumage, west side of Canisp near summit (Anna Church) (16/04)
Single bird singing in Nedd garden (Ian Evans). Ian's previous first dates are 10/04/2020, 14/04/2019, 16/04/2018, 14/04/2017 (16/04)
