29th August - growing well

The three chicks are now 6-7 weeks old and are now looking more like Barn Owls than the 'balls of fluff' earlier.   They are also much more mobile and often wander to the front section of the nestbox out of camera view.    The good long range weather forecast and the fact that prey is plentiful during periods of harvesting local wheatfields gives a promising prognosis for these youngsters.    Other Barn Owls in the area are doing much better than we thought possible at the start of the season.