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Army to the rescue of homeless owls
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| File | 217 |
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| File key | 7217 |
| File MB 600 | 0.6 |
| File megabytes | 0.5 |
| File resolution | 300 |
| File resolution 600 | 300 |
| File size | 11 x 12 |
| Folder | 7 |
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| ID | 621 |
| Object ID | RAO/56/23 |
| 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 OXFORD MAIL Daily 39,731 9 JUN 1992 B30 Army to the rescue of homeless owls BARNLESS barn owls will have new homes thanks to the generosity of the Army . The Army at Bicester Ordnance Depot is help ing a project by two or nithologists , Mr Marek Nowakowski , of Chester ton , and Mr Peter Burman , of Banbury , to reintroduce barn owls into the area . Two years ago they re leased three pairs of barn owls into separate secret locations within the depot . RAO / 56 / 23 Two pairs bred suc cessfully , producing ten 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 . Support Two carpenters Jim O'Sullivan , of Danes Road , Bicester , and Wil liam Cooper , of Ruskin Walk , Bicester , made up , six nesting boxes out of scrap wood . This week the boxes have been positioned into various locations in the depot . Lt Col Gordon Geddie , CO of 16 Battalion of the RAOC at the depot , said : " We are interested in conservation and were pleased to support 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 per cent success rate in this region . " |
