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Summer Barn owls in Oak trees July 9, 2017Barn owls in Suffolk, Birds in the british landscape, Farming with Wildlife, Norton Suffolk, Life and Landscape in East Angliamike Barn Owls can be seen hunting the rich field margins of Little Haugh and Halls farms in the long summer evenings. The hedges are punctuated with old oak trees, many with hollows where the owls can nest and roost in. Barn owl early morning foot up in oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl over branch in morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl early morning looking down in oak. July Suffolk. Tyto aBarn owl early morning looking down in oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl in early morning light on oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl looking through leaves in morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl itch in middle of morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl lookng down in middle of morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl pair argument in middle of morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl pair in middle of morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl looking back in morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl morning wing stretch vole on oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl with morning vole on oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl side on with vole June morning, Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl looking with vole June morning, Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl with vole June morning, Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl with vole turns away, Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl foot up in morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl looking out from morning oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl early morning yawn in oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl looking round on oak branch. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl looking back early morning on oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl early morning about to fly from oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl looking back on branch deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl alert on branch deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl on the bounce deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl on the prowl deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl wing out deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Three Barn owls deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl on large branch deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl on branch deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl pair looking deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba Barn owl pair deep in summer oak. July Suffolk. Tyto alba
Norton Barn owls, 2016 a good breeding year? July 8, 2016Barn owls in Suffolk, Farming with Wildlife, Norton Suffolk, Surveys and counts, what is about?mike Barn owl picking up vole from right foot. Cloudy June evening. Tyto alb Are the Norton Barn owls having a successful nesting season? The short answer is yes, we have checked over half the know nest site at Little Haugh and Halls farms and so far found six breeding pairs. 20% of the land on the farms is managed for wildlife as well as for the commercial game bird shoot. The wide rough field verges, woodland and grassland are all ideal for hunting Barn owls. However, lack of nest sites was a problem that we tackled in autumn 2014 by erecting 15 new boxes, this summer 10 of the new nest boxes show signs of Barn owl use and 3 have been used by Tawny owls. Barn Owl young in new Barn owl box Over the next few days we will be checking the older nest boxes on the farms. These boxes are higher up and more difficult to see into, I tend to put them off to last but, I will check them and let you know if we find any more breeding pairs. The 2 broods in the photos have only two young owls. This may be due to the cold wet spring and that the adult Barn owls are young and inexperienced. However, the adults are now catching voles and mice in good numbers and the boxes are quite smelly from the voles waiting to be eaten! Barn owl young in new Barn owl box 2nd brood The longest established Barn owl nest site on the farms is deep inside the Halls farm Straw barn. In the last few days Steve Honeywood has seen 4 young owls being fed on top of one of the bales. It will not be long before the young owls leave and it is probable that this pair will have a second brood, we will keep watching. Barn owls boxes, good for hornets too