Barn owls are booming as UlsterWildlife report 24 chicks were born in 2022 - up four from the previous year.
It's estimated there are fewer than 30 breeding pairs of barn owls left in Northern Ireland
The barn owl is one of Northern Ireland's rarest birds and is red-listed on the Irish Birds of Conservation Concern and protected under the Wildlife Order 1985. In 2021, there were only two known broods recorded but that increased to eight in 2022. The same year, four chicks were born.Twenty-four barn owl chicks were born in Northern Ireland in 2022, compared to four in 2021Katy Bell, a senior conservation officer at Ulster Wildlife, said they were delighted "to see the fortunes of barn owls changing" after a troubled 2021.
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