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Abstract
Since the 1930s the numbers of barn owls in the UK have decreased from approximately 20,000 pairs to only 5000 pairs. Here, Ian Johnson discusses some of the reasons for the decline of the species nationally, as well as some of the conservation measures that have been taken at a local level by the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust. The article is based on a talk he gave to the BVNA Cambridgeshire Branch last year (Veterinary Nursing 7, 105).
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Jan Johnson
Ian Johnson lives in the Cambridgeshire fens and since 1990 has worked for the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust as a species protection officer. Previously, he gained a PhD for his studies on the behaviour of Canada geese and worked for MAFF at Cambridge, studying the effects of agricultural pesticides on small mammal populations. He is a keen birdwatcher and wildlife photographer.