YOUNG bird enthusiasts are asking East Lancashire folk to keep an ear out for our festive friends this festive season.
The distinctive noises of birds like Tawny Owls -- which are at their most vocal during the long winter nights -- will give Wildlife Explorers, the junior membership of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Birds, a valuable insight into where owls are living.
Tawny owls are the most common owl in the country and usually nest in trees although they can make a living in farmland, gardens and parks as well as woodland.
Recent research has shown that numbers have dropped in the last 25 years and the survey which is part of UK Wild 2000 -- the biggest wildlife survey in Britain, will try and establish why.
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