Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - BBCNEWS - 20210620:17:30:00
Ring attached to a leg, the birds visibly unmoved by the experience. they are, after all, nocturnal. parents are feeding them during the night and then they are sleeping during the day. so the adults are sleeping as well during the day. so this is their sleep time. that is why they are so docile when you ring them? yep, they literally are falling asleep on you while you're ringing them, which is very sweet. ringing the four owlets will help identify them if they are found in future years in other nesting boxes or, sadly, if they die. a quarter of barn owls end up as roadkill. somerset�*s bar...