Today was a run out for Barn Owls in the main, with a side of Stone Curlew.
Three more broods, an adult caught leaving a box, then a second check where the farmer had definitely sighted Stone Curlews with a chick.
The boxes held broods of 3 and two fours.
The bulk of our Barn Owls are now done, leaving more time for terns, gulls and Oystercatchers in the coming months. If we're lucky there may even be some Nightjars, but nest finding has been hampered by wet or very hot weather when parties were due to conduct searches.
Age 7 female Barn Owl finishing main moult
At an undisclosed site, this became our second Stone Curlew of the season.
Totals: 13
Barn Owl - 12 (1 adult & 11 chicks)
Stone Curlew - 1