Snowy Owls on Fetlar

01 May 1986 Comments Main paper The Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca was first recorded breeding in Britain in 1967, on Fetlar, Shetland (Tulloch 1968), although it may have nested in the past on other remote Shetland islands (Saxby 1874). The RSPB set up a reserve around the nesting area,...
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