Nine barn owl chicks born on Dorset farms
The barn owl boxes on Dorset Council owned farms in the north of the county have seen nine chicks recorded.
The barn owl boxes on Dorset Council owned farms in the north of the county have seen nine chicks recorded.
Avid bird watchers and lovers of nature will be able to watch the progress of a pair of resident barn owls nesting and raising their chicks.
A pair of barn owls is nesting and raising their chicks on a nature reserve near Weymouth, and you can watch.
Here is a picture to warm your heart – a baby barn owl, or barn owlet, being checked by a licensed volunteer in Dorset.