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Snowy Owl nest with several chicks
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Image details:  
Image Description: Snowy Owl nest with several chicks
Image notes: The first brood of snowy owls ever proved to have hatched in the wild in Britain.
Species in Image: Snowy Owl
Date: 1967
Area: Fetlar
Old Haa Image Reference Number: btc01618

General details:  
Common Name Snowy Owl
Latin Name Bubo scandiacus
Latin Group Name Strigiformes
Latin Family Name Strigidae
Common Family Name Owls
Description

A rare migrant from the arctic.

Bobby Tulloch discovered the first recorded nest in Britain on Stakkaberg, Fetlar in 1967. After which, the pair bred for nine years and 23 young were fledged.

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