Delighted to see the Barn Owl hunting round the pond and over the meadow. I have deliberately left areas of uncut meadow and grass to allow a thick thatch to develop to create the perfect habitat for mice, voles and shrews. My Barn Owl box put up earlier in the year has so far only attracted Stock Doves to use it as a home. While I'm happy to have the box used by birds my preference would have been for the owls to use it! Maybe next year... in the picture below there are two stock dove chicks looking more hairy than feathery. On the theme of squatters, I have had house sparrows take up residence in one if my four swallow nest boxes, I'm hoping that I manage to get at least one bird in the right nest box! Heard but did not see a cuckoo yesterday so it seems the theme of squatting continues.
2 X Stock Dove chicks in the Barn owl nest box.
