Mitchikins Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I don't think we have a wildlife section do we? So I thought gardening was the next best thing ...Has anyone successfully rehoused a barn owl when converting a barn into a dwelling?The house is our main project but in the meantime we'd like to camp (temporarily) in in the outbuildings which have a loft, inhabited by a barn owl.I don't want him to be homeless - if we were to put a nesting box up in advance of disturbing him any more this year do you think he/she'd be interested? Or will he move onto another uninhabited barn of which there are a couple very closeby?Any advice/experience gratefully received!Bonne journeM xDept 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 I don't know the answer, but I share the question! We want to include an owl-box in a later phase of work at our place (whereabouts in 50 are you, by the way?). We saw this done on a TV programme (one of the Ben Huggins barn conversions), and they made a wooden box about 75cm cubed connected to the world through a hole about 15cm - but no details were given. How you entice an owl into it is another rmatter...RegardsDickBONO ANIMO ES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 After a quick Google, take a look athttp://www.owlpages.com/owlboxes.htmlhttp://www.the-owl-barn.com/bbop/nesting1.htmlhttp://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/whatyoucando/nestboxlarge/barn_owl_box.asp RegardsDickBONO ANIMO ES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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