June 4th 2022.

Just before half past ten last night the male barn owl brought a vole to the nest as the female was removing the egg shell from around the new born chick.

We now have six healthy chicks.

2nd June 2022

Late yesterday afternoon, soon after half past five, our fifth chick hatched.

Fingers crossed for our last egg hatching sometime early on Saturday morning.

Tuesday 31st May

Yesterday morning, around 7am, the fourth barn owl egg hatched.

The fifth is due on Wednesday afternoon.

May 29th 2022

On Friday night at about 9.30pm the third chick hatched.

The next one should be due tomorrow morning.

Thursday 26th May 2022

Just before lunchtime yesterday, the second barn owl chick emerged from its egg.

The next one is due on Friday night.

May 23rd 2022

This morning, about half past one, one of the eggs started to pip and soon after two o’clock a chick was visible.

All being well the next egg should hatch sometime on Wednesday.

Our barn owls have now settled on six eggs.

It will be quiet in the nest chamber for the next two weeks with little to see.

Barn owls incubate from the first egg so we can expect the first chick sometime early in the week beginning 23rd May.

Viewers may have noticed lots of primary feathers in the nest. These have been moulted by the female. She will grow some replacement feathers whilst she is incubating.

May 5th 2022

Yesterday afternoon at 1.41pm, the barn owls laid a sixth egg.

Six is not an unusual number as barn owls are prolific egg layers.

If there is to be a seventh it should be visible later on Friday evening.

May 2nd 2022

Yesterday evening a fifth egg was laid by our barn owls.

If there is to be a sixth egg it should be visible sometime on Wednesday morning.

The fourth egg was laid at breakfast time today!

At 7.40am today the fourth egg was laid.

If there is to be a fifth egg, it should be visible sometime on Sunday.