The reports of a mostly poor year for Barn Owls did not give me much hope in going to do my last few boxes of the year, but one box at Widmerpool was occupied and had two healthy looking chicks but no cached prey items. Surprisingly, in its 16th season, it is the first time this box has had a Barn Owl nest and got to the chick stage. The landowner is delighted! Unfortunately, a Kestrel box I was making my 3rd visit to, having had eggs on the previous visits, was empty. No obvious reason as to what had happened.
Kev
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