Barn owls’ first egg, video

This video, from 16 May 2013, shows the first egg being laid in a barn owl nest on Texel island in the Netherlands.

Ecomare museum on Texel reports that barn owls had stopped nesting on Texel after 1963.

In 2006, greater white-toothed shrews, favourite barn owl food, were seen for the first time on Texel. The barn owls then returned. There are ten nests now on the island.

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