Ringed MacBarn Owl

We reported a ringed Barn Owl in Decemeber - it flew in to the side of a car just by Sandy Haven Chapel (where they have recently installed an owl box) and was rescued by a friend of ours. It was OK and subsequently released at the same place.

We assumed it was a local bird but Steve Sutcliffe didn't recognise the ring number - it turns out it was ringed in July 2007 as a nestling in Glenurquhart in the Higlands of Scotland!

I think this location must be right on the northern edge of the Barn Owl range and I supppose these northern birds may tend to move south in the winter - it can't be easy to hunt when there is snow cover. So I wonder if he/she has gone back north again?