All six Barn Owl chicks are capable of feeding themselves now, although the smallest one still needs some help to break it up. He can’t quite manage a whole vole yet. in this snippet the two chicks are fighting over a vole. There’s really no need, since there is more than enough to go around. […]
The Barny Chicks are Eating Whole Voles ...
https://youtu.be/43ypYIsPL4I The Barn Owl chicks are growing fast. There are at least 5 now, possibly 6. The largest two have their eyes open and are started to find food for themselves. In this clip the oldest chick has three attempts to eat a whole vole. Perhaps mum thinks he isn’t ready, since she takes it […]
Tawny Chick #1 Leaving The Nest
Last night both Tawny Owl chicks left the nest, around 28 days from hatching. In this clip you can see the first chicks exploring the possibilities. He tried to climb up from the end of the perch, but there was nowhere to go! He ended up falling in the bush he landed safely though, as […]
Betty Feeding Four Chicks
Betty has her hands full now feeding four chicks, and there are still 3 to hatch! It is interesting to see how she stimulates them by banging them on the beak with dead vole Eventually they seem to get used to snatching at the food, so hopefully they will soon start to feed themselves, and […]
Clear View of the Barn Owl Chicks
The Barn Owl chicks are hatching and growing fast! in this clip we get a chance to see all four chicks that have hatched so far, while mum pops out to stretch her wings. It is interesting to see how helpless they are, barley able to lift the weight of their own heads. They certainly […]
The Barn Owls Have Three Chicks Now
Barn Owl Supper for Four! During the massive lightning storm at Joffreny last night, the Barn Owls were having a quiet supper for 4. Sometime in the last day or so a third chick has hatched. It is amazing to see how one of the chicks is clearly under mother’s tail when she moves to […]
Visiting Sparrowhawk
We like to attract birds to the garden with our bird feeding stations. What we hadn’t anticipated was that the bird-feeding station would become a feeding station for the Sparrowhawk! These are few quick shots taken from the bedroom window of the Sparrowhawk eyeing up the sparrows in the bush below the tit box. he […]
Male Feeding Female Tawny Owl on the Nes...
The Tawny Owls have started to incubate two eggs on the nest above the barn door. The two eggs were laid in Early March 2020 and should take about 28 days to incubate, so we expect to see hatching towards the end of March. The female does all of the incubating, and is periodically fed […]
Little Owls Visiting The Nest Box
We have had Little Owls nesting in the bedroom roof-space for several years. In 2019 we decided to install a nest box to try and encourage them to move out. They make so much noise feeding in the middle of the night! Very soon we had a pair investigating the box. They seemed to like […]
Barn Owl Chicks Being Fed
In 2019 we installed our first Barn Owl nest box. It was a tremendous success! Six chicks hatched and kept the parents very busy with feeding. During the early days the parents were bringing in 25-30 voles every night. The adult would feed the first chick to grab the food. It would appear that the […]