Until the recent bad weather, the Yorkshire Wolds was considered a stronghold for the barn owl.

BBC: New hope for East Yorkshire barn owl population

"I have every belief that we will ultimately be increasing the barn owl population of Somerset and helping a diversity of other wildlife along the way, " Mr Sperring added.

BBC: Barn owl at a farm

The Somerset Community Barn Owl Project will see at least one box erected in each parish by the end of 2014.

BBC: Barn owl at a farm

The last surviving barn owl at a Driffield nature reserve has found a mate and produced a brood of five chicks.

BBC: New hope for East Yorkshire barn owl population

The Somerset Community Barn Owl Project began in March and aims to put up 334 boxes in total, with at least one box in each parish by the end of 2014.

BBC: Barn owl at a farm

Yet this was like no owl I had ever heard before: not the furry hoot of a tawny or the screech of a barn owl.

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This might be a blackbird in your garden or a barn owl down the road - all are important!

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Chris Sperring from the Hawk and Owl Trust said the loss of traditional nesting sites meant about four out of five barn owl pairs now bred in boxes.

BBC: Barn owl at a farm