Nature Never Ceases to Surprise Us

We have not seen much of our Barn Owl who lives in the pigonnier this year. It may be because we go to bed before he gets up!! However as it is now dark by nine o'clock I saw him a couple of nights ago rest on the electricity pole and then fly into his home and straight out again. Although this is not his normal pattern I did not think much about it.

However last evening Nadine and her sister were excited to tell us that they had heard crying from the pigonnier. Of course we waited to hear confirmation for ourselves and indeed it was owlets calling. They seem to know it is dark enough for the adults to go hunting so "they try to give them a shove".

We had heard the resident male calling for a mate in the Spring but assumed he had not found a partner again this year as we never saw two flying.  Although we had noticed a lot more poo on our and our neighbour's rooves.

It was a delight to discover that "our" owl had bred again after four years. I fear photos are going to be difficult to take but watch this space.