Starting new thread in vain hope we see some action in this nest box! 2019 thread here ... https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/wildlife-on-the-web/200196/blue-house-farm-barn-owls-2019-c-essex-wildlife-trust/1234423#pifragment-4285=33
Copied over floor pattern from New Year's Day
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
18:15 She's just made an appearance :)
18:17 She had a scrape at the flooring and had a wander around the bo before settling
18:20
18:26 Female left the box
18:29 Wow, she came into the box again, lay quite low. Male entered and there was an attempted mating though he got off quite quickly. A bit of 'argy bargy' where he backed away from her before she did some sweet preening. Looked like courtship to me!
He jumped off from her
He backed away (right)
She preened him
They changed positions, male on the left
18:34 She left the box
Male alone
18:37
18:00 Female is in