Niftylift helps re-home Barn Owl

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03 December 2012

The Nifty 210 platform was able to reach up and over obstacles and into the barn to position the owl

The Nifty 210 platform was able to reach up and over obstacles and into the barn to position the owl box

Milton Keynes, UK-based Niftylift was brought in to help re-house a rescued Barn Owl.

The bird, discovered by local man Paul Doidge, who spotted the owl chick lying on the ground inside a barn, had fallen from a box located in the rafters of the barn. A flaw in the box’s design had allowed the non flight-ready owl chick to get too close to the box door and fall out.

Mr Doidge nursed ‘Ollie’ the owl back to health and then set about designing a new and improved bird box for the chick.

Due to the awkwardness of the location, Mr Doidge called on access platform manufacturer Niftylift for assistance. The firm deployed a team with a Nifty 210 trailer mount, which was chosen for the task due to its outreach of 11.8 m.

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