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A massive increase in the number of field voles in the Trossachs is helping boost the barn owl population in the area, the national park has said.
Evidence last year indicated field vole numbers had swelled 10 times in Scotland - pushing their population into the hundreds of millions.
This was good news for barn owls, who hunt the tiny mammals.
Rangers in the Loch Lomond National Park said some of the owls had been stockpiling voles in nest boxes.
The national park started a project four years ago to increase the barn owl population in the area. Numbers of the nocturnal birds have started to decline because of changes in agricultural practices and more common use of pesticides.
Good news!
A massive increase in the number of field voles in the Trossachs is helping boost the barn owl population in the area, the national park has said.
Evidence last year indicated field vole numbers had swelled 10 times in Scotland - pushing their population into the hundreds of millions.
This was good news for barn owls, who hunt the tiny mammals.
Rangers in the Loch Lomond National Park said some of the owls had been stockpiling voles in nest boxes.
The national park started a project four years ago to increase the barn owl population in the area. Numbers of the nocturnal birds have started to decline because of changes in agricultural practices and more common use of pesticides.
Good news!
