We can confirm the fourth chick has hatched

Exciting news from the owl tower today.

Our barn owls have a brood of four chicks.

They are feeling the heat ((aren’t we all?) but they are coping well.

The male is bringing in lots of field mice.

The female won’t hunt until the chicks are two weeks old.

It is possible all four chicks will fledge in two months time.

The main factor will be the weather. If it gets very windy, with overnight rain, the adults will struggle to hunt and the brood will deplete.

This is quite natural .

The older chicks will then get the most food. That’s why the eggs hatch at two and a half day intervals.

Let’s hope they all make it.

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