{"id":786922,"date":"2026-09-30T00:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786922\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T00:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:56:20","slug":"barn-owl-rescued-at-sea-released-after-recovery-in-norfolk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/786922\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn owl rescued at sea released after recovery in Norfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The bird, named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/26482123.barn-owl-rescued-norfolk-racing-crew-find-sea\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reg, was found 70 miles out at sea by soldiers<\/a> taking part in the Round Britain and Ireland Race in August.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After falling into the sea three times, she landed on the deck, where the crew wrapped her in a towel and cared for her overnight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Reg trying to make a landing during the rescue. (Image: British Army Offshore Racing Team)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The crew had contacted the Devon-based Barn Owl Trust, which alerted a seal rescue team and then Dan Goldsmith of Norfolk-based Marine and Wildlife Rescue to arrange the owl\u2019s safe transfer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Caister Independent Lifeboat crew met the sailors off the Norfolk coast after they had cared for the bird for 24 hours.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Goldsmith said: &#8220;It&#8217;s very lucky the bird did not drown after falling into the sea, especially as it is not a migratory bird.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The British Army Offshore Racing Team with Reg. (Image: British Army Offshore Racing Team)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;As soon as we collected the barn owl from the lifeboat crew, it was very clear the bird was weak and appeared undernourished.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Marine and Wildlife Rescue transported the owl 60 miles from Caister to the RSPCA\u2019s East Winch Wildlife Centre, where she received further care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After six weeks of rehabilitation, Reg has been getting stronger day by day before being fit enough to be released back into the wild.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Reg tries to make a landing\"\/>Reg was in the care of the East Winch Wildlife Centre. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She was officially released on Monday and Mr Goldsmith from the rescue charity described it as a &#8220;great day&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It was a great pleasure to share the release of Reg with some supporters who attended,&#8221; he added,\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Although little Reg didn&#8217;t leave her soft release enclosure live for the news bulletin, we are pleased that she did fly eventually from there and is now free.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thanks again to the Barn Owl Trust, British Army Offshore Racing Team, Caister Independent Lifeboat and RSPCA East Winch Wildlife Centre.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bird, named Reg, was found 70 miles out at sea by soldiers taking part in the Round&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-786922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}