British Army sailors rescue bedraggled barn owl 70 nautical miles out to sea

France 24 reports that a British Army sailing crew, competing in a demanding race around Britain and Ireland, rescued a barn owl that had become stranded about seventy nautical miles out at sea. The bird was described as bedraggled, showing how even a night‑time predator can find itself in an unlikely maritime predicament. Barn owls are nocturnal birds of prey typically found hunting over land.

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