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Army comes to the aid of homeless owls
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| File | 218 |
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| File key | 7218 |
| File MB 600 | 0.6 |
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| File resolution | 300 |
| File resolution 600 | 300 |
| File size | 7 x 17 |
| Folder | 7 |
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| ID | 622 |
| Object ID | RAO/56/24 |
| Object name | newspaper article |
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| Status | In Store |
| Status by | AJA |
| Updated | 2nd September 2015 |
| Updated by | AJA |
| X date | 1992 |
| Equipment registration mark (ERM) | |
| Full name | Lt Col Gordon Geddie |
| Early date | 1992 |
| Late date | 1992 |
| Transcription |
NEWSCLIP / APCUT Weekly OXFORD TIMES 31,503 12 JUN 1992 * 2 IN 1009 43394 Army comes to the aid of homeless owls Oxfordshire's barn owls of Ruskin Walk , Bicester will soon have new made up six nesting homes , thanks to the generosity of the Army . out of scrap The Army at Bicester Ordnance Depot agreed to help a project by two ornithologists , Mr Mar ek Nowakowski of Ches terton , and Mr Peter Burman , of Banbury , to reintroduce barn owls to the area . Two years ago they re leased three pairs of barn owls into separate secret locations within the depot . Two pairs bred suc cessfully , producing 10 young birds . To enable the project to continue nesting box es and roosting places were needed as there were no barns or simi lar suitable buildings in the depot . - - boxes wood . RAO / 56 / 24 This week the boxes have been positioned in various locations in the depot . So the depot and Army agreed to assist and two carpenters Mr Jim O'Sullivan , of Danes Road , Bicester , and Mr William Cooper , said . Lieut Col Gordon Geddie , CO of 16 Battal ion of the RAOC at the lepot , said : " We are in terested in conservation and were pleased to sup port this project . Within the 30 square kilometres of the depot we have several suitable sites . " Mr Nowakowski said : " Barn owls are in the same category of protec tion as eagles and os preys . We are both li censed by the Hawk Trust to carry out our project and have had an 80 % success rate in this region . " He was grateful to the Army for its support . " We realised the depot could provide a good habitat for the owls , " he |
