Co Down farmer celebrates after rare barn owls return to his land to raise brood
Co Down farmer David Sandford and his late wife Alison with their first chicks in 2019 (Ulster Wildlife/PA)
A Co Down farmer is celebrating after a pair of barn owls returned to his land to raise their brood.
It comes a decade after David Sandford first noticed a barn owl as he walked across his fields in Strangford and started working with Ulster Wildlife to help with conservationist work.
