Super Sunday…….

Dominic and I had a lie in and met up at 09.15 to head back to a farm in Sidlesham to clear the area around a box, repair the door on a box with Stock Dove nesting in it and look at a natural nest high in the canopy.

I headed off with Will to do some tree clearance and look in the nest while Dominic repaired the box.

Natural nest with lots of white wash around

Owl box opened up to allow owls to see the hole.

Next we headed to Wittering to a new farm to us and met with Julia and her lovely young family. Dominic and I headed out to the first box where owls had been seen coming in oand out of the box. We found two beautiful barn owls almost ready to fledge in this box but suspect there will have been others who had already left.

Male and female barn owl nearly ready to fledge Photo courtesy of Dominic

We headed to the next box but it seems that the local squirrels and jackdaws had been using this one and it took a goof 30 minutes to empty it out. I hope one of the young owls might find this box and roost in it.

Photo courtesy of Dominic

The next box was a real surprise as it had 2 Tawny Owlets in it! The final 2 boxes had Stock Dove nesting (one in and one on). This farm is doing such an amazing job at providing great nesting and feeding habitat.

Photo courtesy of Dominic