As we approach Christmas, delivery drivers are working overtime to ensure that our gifts and groceries arrive in time for the big day.
Over the weekend, we received a call from a concerned Morrisons delivery driver, who had found a Barn Owl stuck inside the space of the green plastic casing above the cab of his van. Quite how the Owl found itself in this predicament is beyond us, but after carefully extracting the bird, it was brought to us for a check over.
The Owl was found in the plastic casing above the cab of the van - as you can see, not really a suitable place for an Owl to be!
Thankfully, there appear to be no broken bones, but it does have some soreness to a wing, for which it received some pain relief. Although the Owl wasn’t overly thin, it was very dehydrated, so we also gave it some rehydration solution. Within a few hours it was looking a bit perkier, and was feeding itself, so we are hopeful it will make a full recovery.
The Barn Owl has received some pain relief and will hopefully make a full recovery.