Little Owl

A friend of mine, Janet, rang to say she'd heard scratching from the roof space above her daughter's bedroom a couple of days ago and they investigated further today as the noise persisted. Thinking they would find a mouse or squirrel, imagine their surprise when they found a Little Owl instead!

It had probably crawled into the roof space and then had been unable to find a way out.  She asked what was the best thing to do with it. We talked it over and having decided the bird was unhurt, she put the bird outside on a fence post and it flew off, apparently none the worse for its self-inflicted imprisonment. It's nice to have a happy ending every now and then.