Trekkie Owl

Switched on the TV news last night and thought I'd inadvertently switched to an episode of Star Trek..

While walking on the road outside our house on Saturday, Hay found a very badly injured tawny owl. It had probably been hit my a car while swooping down to catch a rodent scuttling across the road.

She picked it up and brought it home, placing it in a warm, cardboard box. It was still breathing, but totally immobile. We took it to a local vet after phoning an owl sanctuary in Gloucestershire, having been advised that, if any bones were broken, it would in all likelihood be euthanased. 

She left her phone number with the vet, but she received the sad news on Sunday that the owl was too badly injured and was put down, that being the kindest action.