Angus barn owls thriving thanks to conservation work

A record number of baby barn owls have flown their nests at a sporting estate in the Angus glens as a result of a special conservation scheme.

Barn owls have been building nests and rearing young in unused bothies and barns at Millden Estate, in Glen Esk, for decades.

But work to help the birds began in earnest in 2018, when keepers contacted the Barn Owl Trust about installing nesting boxes and where to place them.

That year ten chicks were successfully raised.