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The picture above shows the most recent picture uploaded to this site by the webcam on Monday 21st of May 2012 05:34 (BST); however, if you would like to see 12 pictures of the box taken over the past 2 hours click here. There are some video clips of the little owls on the Picture Gallery page.
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Now that warmer weather is with us, we are starting to see both little owls standing together on the box, so the nesting season is about to start.
Early in 2010, I set up a camera which recorded images throughout the nesting cycle of a pair of swallows. I have arranged the images as a slide show, which starts with the female swallow examining the nest site, shows the growth of the young swallows, and ends with the chicks leaving the nest for the final time. Click here to go to the swallow page, which gives more detail, and to see the pictures (of which there are 20,227).
Year |
Number of owls to fledge |
First fledged |
Second fledged |
Third fledged |
Fourth fledged |
Fifth fledged |
Sixth fledged |
2005 |
3 |
6/6/05 |
? |
17/6/05 |
- |
- |
- |
2006 |
4 |
8/6/06 |
? |
? |
? |
- |
- |
2007 |
4 (Possibly only 3) |
4/6/07 |
8/6/07 |
15/6/07 |
? |
- |
- |
2008 |
4 |
1/6/08 |
1/6/08 |
1/6/08 |
9/6/08 |
- |
- |
2009 |
2 |
28/5/09 |
30/5/09 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2010 |
6 |
13/6/10 |
16/6/10 |
17/6/10 |
17/6/10 |
? |
? |
2011 |
4 |
10/6/11 |
20/6/11 |
20/6/11 |
3/7/11 |
- |
- |
The first 5 of the 2010 owlets can be seen in the picture below.
The parent owls roost in the nest box throughout the year except when they have young in the box, or to feed. You may often see them (by looking at the Recent picture updates page) on the nest box during the day when the weather is fine.
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