Link to previous years
HERE
Lorton still visiting,looks promising
Better view of the pidge pair at Len Pick
2013 photos & vids here
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Only two showing at Len Pick Trust
Same at Lorton Meadows
Will try again later!
Edit: at 09.47 a full house
Last night at Lorton Meadows
None in box this morning
Last night at Len Pick Trust
This morning
Three out of four almost de-fluffed with good tail views, baby looks fine too!
Len Pick Trust Owl Project Our owl chicks have been ringed. July 13th 2022 Yesterday our four chicks were ringed under licence. There were two females and two males. All four were very healthy and well fed. The photograph shows three of the chicks, the eldest of which is seven weeks old. They will soon be taking their first tentative flights but will return to the nest box for long periods. A lot of the time will also be spent in the tunnel leading to the nest chamber
Edit: At 11.28 all in a bundle so can't see bling!
1 July 2022: Our young owls have well and truly grown into their flight feathers now and are looking like proper sub adults barn owls. A small group of DWT staff were lucky enough to see the first flights from the nest box earlier this week by three of them, and we would expect the fourth youngster to be taking flight this week as well. With their newfound independence comes a cost though as the parent birds will probably no longer feed them. Instinct will now kick in as they move on to adulthood and the next phase of their lives. They are still coming back to the nest box by day, and this may go on for a couple more weeks as they learn to hunt and gain the wing strength and confidence to explore their new world. Although they are spending daytime mainly off camera (in the tunnel between the box and the big wide world) it may still be possible to turn the volume on and hear them hissing to each other. Before they all go, it's worth mentioning how much of an achievement it was for the parents to get all four of them to the fledging stage. There was some speculation about the male bird earlier in the season, but its unlikely that a single adult would have managed to get all four owlets to this stage without losing at least one. Thank you all for watching the barn owl webcam this year and we hope you've enjoyed it!
So is a bonus to still be seeing youngsters in the box!
Curious fluffy 'baby' at Len Pick
Wendy I scrolled back, as far as could and it was there, looking back at your posts at ringing,they mentioned the youngest one not in the line up...Hmm! Maybe it is original late maturing youngster.as there is a fluffy one prior to the ringing.
Lively one at Len Pick displays all it's lovely new feathers