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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
Snowy Owl |
| Image notes: |
This Is 'George' The injured Snowy Owl, about to be released. |
| Species in Image: |
Snowy Owl |
| Date: |
1968 |
| Area: |
Fetlar |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01615 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Snowy Owl |
| Latin Name |
Bubo scandiacus |
| Latin Group Name |
Strigiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Strigidae |
| Common Family Name |
Owls |
| Description |
A rare migrant from the arctic.
Bobby Tulloch discovered the first recorded nest in Britain on Stakkaberg, Fetlar in 1967. After which, the pair bred for nine years and 23 young were fledged. |
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