Blue House Farm Barn Owls 2018 (C) Essex Wildlife Trust ... all pics/vids posted with their kind permission!

Cam still same today so have emailed reserve manager!

WendyBartter said:

Just been having a sweep of BO cams ... Two at Lorcan Meadows but only the one at South Downs, still nowt at CBO!

Hi Wendy, I could only see one owl at South Downs whenever I looked yesterday (24th). Pleased to say that today there are two in the box. It therefore looks like a full house in each of the three you mentioned. Ian

Thanks for the confirmation Ian, still same ol' problem with BHF cam for me!

A very informative reply ....

***We are currently in the process of updating the barn owl camera. We have removed the old camera and re-installed a new one that will stream in high definition to our website.  We have also installed an inspection hatch in the nest box so we can clear it out annually and easily ring the barn owl chicks. The barn owls are already back in the box as I saw one of them fly out of the barn today. Unfortunately we will not be able to start streaming the video until our IT technicians install the new software on our computer. The relaunch date for the camera will hopefully be on Friday 2nd February. Thank you for taking the time to write to us we always like to hear from our visitors and members. I hope you will continue to enjoy watching the web cam when we have it back up and running.

Kind Regards

Harry Smith

Warden - Blue  House Farm Nature Reserve

Essex Wildlife Trust***

I replied on behalf of us all ...

***Hi Harry,

Thanks so much for the update which I can share with other members of RSPB thread on Community Forum!

We shall all look forward to seeing our pair on the new set-up!

Thanks for all your hard work & dedication!

Kind regards

Wendy Bartter***

Fantastic news!

Many thanks, Wendy, for getting in touch with the Warden at BHF, can't wait to see the new set up!! x :D

It's soooo exciting to think that we might see great detail!

Would be lovely to get clarity & sound like this ...

It would be wonderful! :)

Whilst waiting for new BHF cam will pop this footage from South Downs here, a pair again today