Here’s something to cure election fever!
Something new and glorious and full of hope! It’s something we’ve discovered 50 yards from our back door — a pair of nesting Barn Owls!
Here is the male (I think) who is paler and here is his mate with her buff coloured chest
and dark spots on her flank.
Best of all, there are three chicks which I hope to show you in a couple of weeks when they will be ringed and meet the public.
All this and the photos are courtesy of the Species Habitat Protection Group who erected the nesting box and have been monitoring it for 3 years. Last year there was just one tell-tail Barn Owl feather, so we knew someone had been house-hunting, but we had no idea that they had moved in this year and started a family. Thank you Jon, Jan, Roger and Brian and the other volunteers.
dianaashworth 
J & D > Wow – what a privelege! Here in Uist, Short-eared owls quarter the ground by day, and at this time of year are likely to be encountered several times a day. Where they nest or roost is a mystery!
I guess they need to hunt night and day to feed their young! We seem to be having all our rain during the days and dry nights which is good for owls!!
Congratulations on the nesting owls, Diana!