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Barn Owl

Tyto alba

Taxonomy Version: IOC 10.2

Rank: species
Authority: (Scopoli, 1769)
IUCN Category: Least Concern
BOU Category: AE*

British & Irish Rarity Status: Common

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Level	Rank	Scientific Name

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Barn Owl © Nature Guides
Barn Owl - Britain © Les Bunyan
Barn Owl - Britain © Dean Eades
Barn Owl - Norfolk © Stephen Durrant
Barn Owl - Suffolk © Unspecified
Barn Owl - Northamptonshire © Richard Bedford
Barn Owl - Lincolnshire © Dean Eades

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Barn Owl Trust

Registered charity. Aims to conserve the Barn Owl and its environment through conservation, education, research and information. Freely downloadable information leaflets available on all aspects of Barn Owl conservation as well as slideshows and live webcams.

A most unusual year for Barn Owls

Publish date: 04/10/2010

Recent reports from the Barn Owl Monitoring Programme show some interesting early results for the 2010 breeding season.

Barn Owl Diaries: part 7

Publish date: 26/10/2007

Part 7 of our diary following the progress of Barn Owls in south and east Nottinghamshire.

British Barn Owls struggle to adapt to modern life

Publish date: 26/02/2017

A nest site survey indicates the factors that wiped out 70 per cent of Barn Owls in the 20th Century still impact the species today.

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