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The picture above shows the most recent picture uploaded to this site by the webcam on Monday 26th September 2016 12:07 (GMT); however, if you would like to see 12 pictures of the box taken over the past 2 hours click here. There are some video clips of the little owls on the Picture Gallery page.

I have set up a second camera which records a picture when movement is detected, and gives a slightly closer view. Pictures from this camera can be seen by clicking here..

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We have not seen any 2016 owlets this year, despite them being expected to show themselves very early in June. The parents behaved as if there were young in the box, but none appeared. This is the first year in which no swallows have nested in our stables - a bad year all round.

Swallows' nest

Early in 2010, I set up a camera which recorded images throughout the nesting cycle of a pair of swallows. I have arranged the images in a database allowing one to click through the entire nesting period, which starts with the female swallow examining the nest site, shows the growth of the young swallows, and ends with the chicks leaving the nest for the final time. Click here to go to the swallow page, which gives more detail, and to see the pictures (of which there are 20,227).

Little owl nest box: Nesting history

The first 5 of the 2010 owlets can be seen in the picture below.

The parent owls roost in the nest box throughout the year except when they have young in the box, or to feed. You may often see them (by looking at the Recent picture updates page) on the nest box during the day when the weather is fine.

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