It was on Monday afternoon that Rune Haettner in Åtvidaberg alerted the police that a mountain owl, a protected bird species, was sitting on the roof of his car and who refused to move.

- The police patted it with a broomstick and then it flew off to the neighbor and sat on a fence, says Rune Haettner.

Splashed to death

The neighbor told Rune today that in the morning the rock had disappeared from the fence and that she then went out into the garden to look after.

- Then it lay on the ground. Then it sprang to life and died.

The death was reported to the police who then came and retrieved the cadaver. The dead animal is then handed over to the SVA - the National Veterinary Institute - or the Natural History National Museum, where the body will examine the body to find the cause of death.

Rarely dies of age

Because the rocky shore in Åtvidaberg is unlikely to die of age, says Peter Nilsson, who is a conservator / biologist at the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

- It can be about viruses and diseases, or they have suffered injuries when they collided with an object during a flight. The fact that they have been poisoned when they receive rat poison or lead can also be a cause.