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Image details:
Image Description:
Snowy owl with damaged wing
Image notes:
Diary 9th.Aug: "A call about an injured Snowy Owl which had been found at Strand (Fetlar) Wardens have him in an upstairs room at Bealance (RSPB house)."
Diary !3th.Aug "George is now downstairs in the 'ben' room and is eating without being forced. Wing still droops a little."
Species in Image:
Snowy Owl
Date:
1968
Area:
Fetlar
Old Haa Image Reference Number:
btc01623
General details:
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.
