We have four chicks so far

13 May 2024

The camera is working again.

At lunchtime there were four chicks and one egg.

Whether this last egg will hatch we don’t know but it’s already a day overdue.

Now the success of the brood will depend on the male’s ability to catch enough prey to feed himself, the chicks and the female, as she won’t leave the chicks to help with the hunting for another two weeks.

There is over a week’s difference in age between the youngest and eldest chick. Barn owls use this hatching strategy so they can rear at least some of the brood if the weather turns bad during the nights to come.