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Barn Owl

nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:56:41 -0800

Taken back in October 2011 during an organised photoshoot at Periswood Archery & Falconry Centre, Penmaen, Gower, Swansea.

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nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:56:41 -0800

mrfelinfoel posted a photo:

A captive barn owl - Taken back in October 2011 during an organised photoshoot at Periswood Archery & Falconry Centre, Penmaen, Gower, Swansea.

Barn owl with prey

nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:44:49 -0700

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This barn owl had just been rewarded by the handler.

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Back off, that's too close!!

nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 05:09:59 -0800

mrfelinfoel posted a photo:

Megan & Tommy the Barn Owls at Periswood Archery & Falconry Centre on the Gower, Swansea. Taken during a planned photoshoot back in October 2011.

Barn Owl / Tyto alba

nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:56:41 -0800

mrfelinfoel posted a photo:

Taken back in October 2011 during an organised photoshoot at Periswood Archery & Falconry Centre, Penmaen, Gower, Swansea.

Tommy the Barn Owl

nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:18:46 -0800

mrfelinfoel posted a photo:

Tommy, one of two barn owls at the Periswood Archery & Falconry Centre, Penmaen, Gower, Swansea. He had been posing on a log for us but dropped down behind it which gives a more natural photo I think.

With heart-shaped face, buff back and wings and pure white underparts, the barn owl is a distinctive and much-loved countryside bird. Widely distributed across the UK, and indeed the world, this bird has suffered declines through the 20th century and is thought to have been adversely affected by organochlorine pesticides such as DDT in the 1950s and '60s. Nocturnal birds like the barn owl are poorly monitored by the Breeding Bird Survey and, subject to this caveat, numbers may have increased between 1995-2008.

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Megan meets Tommy

nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:18:44 -0800

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Two barn owls at the Periswood Archery & Falconry Centre, Penmaen, Gower, Swansea.

Megan is the one flying in and Tommy is on the log. The handler told us to be quick as they would not be happy together!!

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Barn Owl being taken for a walk!!

nobody@flickr.com (mrfelinfoel) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:38:32 -0800

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Spotted a man taking this owl for a walk on his arm at Cenarth Falls, near Cardigan, West Wales.