Today we met up with Chris's trainee DW for Barn Owl ringing at the trust. One box with a video feed was known to have two owlets, pretty good going in a season when so many boxes are being found without eggs. There were also two other boxes to check with a third known to have recently fledged Jackdaws.
The owlets were assessed at 37 and 45 days old so their two eggs would have had other eggs laid between the laying dates. There was a single addled egg.
The older female chick getting a ring.
The second box had a pair exit the box as we approached. It seemed likely that there would be no chicks, but there were, about three weeks behind the family in the first box. They will need another visit in a few weeks.
The final box looked as though squirrels were the culprits that have filled the box with sticks. This box will be emptied later in the year along the one from the meadow that had Jackdaws earlier.
Total: 2
Barn Owl - 2