They’re spending more time around the nest box, though not staying in it during the day. A lot of winter to go yet before they nest properly, but it’s looking good so far.
Category: Barn Owls
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Hooty update
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Settling in
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Category: Barn OwlsIt’s been a couple of weeks and the two barn owls are still hanging around. They’re sleeping somewhere else most days but at night are still taking a great interest in the nest box, so hopefully it fits their requirements for the spring.
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Hooty’s back!
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Category: Barn OwlsAnd not just one but two: after a year of empty nests we now have a pair of barn owls taking an interest in the old nest box. We’re going to give them plenty of peace and quiet while they settle in. There’s a lot of winter ahead for them but the field is ready, with plenty of scrubland for hunting.
A word of caution though: these two do look like barn owls, but over the past few days we’ve seen distant brief glimpses a pair of what we think were tawny owls (appearing darker than barn owls and more typical behaviour) so we may or may not have those too. Not sure the field is bigger enough for both. -
Ready for Hooty’s return
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Category: Barn OwlsThanks to John from the Shropshire Barn Owl Group for his visit and advice about how to attract barn owls back to the croft. We’ve cleaned out the nest boxes, laid fresh bedding, cleared overhanging branches, installed some random fence posts nearby (as perches for the owls) and also installed ‘pencil’ cameras in each box so we can easily monitor them. Now we just wait…
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Hooty compilation
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Category: Barn OwlsA compilation of video clips of our barn owls from the past two years.
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Owl on a post
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Category: Barn OwlsOne of the last sightings of the owls before they dispersed and the field became empty for over a year.
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Hooty’s hunting
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Category: Barn Owls
