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
single female sunning herself on Little Assynt All-Abilities Path (DAH) (01/07)
20+ along one stretch of Little Assynt All-Abilities Path (DAH) (01/07)
6+ along one stretch of Little Assynt All-Abilities Path (DAH) (01/07)
16+ animals off Raffin (DAH/Charlotte Newell) (29/06)
two pale morph birds off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH) (29/06)
single adult bird, Loch na Bruthaich (DAH). This is a non-breeding loch for this species so it will have flown here from its breeding loch for a bit of RnR! (29/06)
two in old quarry near Little Assynt (Cheryl Smith) (28/06)
two adult birds, Loch Inver (DAH) (27/06)
