Increase in owl nursing
The RSPCA is having to look after double the number of tawny owls it usually has to deal with. The charity's national wildlife centre at West Hatch near Taunton is nursing them back to health ready for release.
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Owl babies get 24 hour care
by Ruth Wishart
A pair of burrowing owlets are having to live with their keeper at Longleat because they need so much looking after
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Baby owls being hand reared at Longleat
Two baby burrowing owls are being hand reared at Longleat in Wiltshire. Keeper Jimmy Robinson takes the owlets home with him in the evenings and has to be with them 24 hours a day. They've taken to sitting in teacups in his kitchen.
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