When you’ve dug a 4 foot hole to put a large telegraph pole in with a larger than normal nestbox on the top, it’s wonderful to see two barn owl chicks venture out from it into the world.
Fledging barn owls by Jonathan Littlefield
This they did yesterday with the first bird flapping into the hedgerow behind, but the second bird climbing around on the roof for a while before going back into the box. I think Michaela Strachan refers to this as semi-fledging.
We put two boxes up close by each other as the male likes to roost on his own while the female brings up the youngsters. It’s a new take on a man shed.