Written by Pip   
Tuesday, 18 May 2010 22:03
Owls
The young owls are out of their nest box. Two of them were in my woodshed and fluttered out onto the track. I knew mum was watching me but thought I'd better put them into a tree. As I bent to pick one up I received a hard blow on the back of my head which drew blood and made me stumble forward. I left them alone after that, with a mum as protective as she is they should be ok.
Other young out of the nest are the dippers under the bridge. The adults have already started relining the nest so maybe they're going to use it for a second brood.
Pied flycatchers are using box 4 at the otter hide, this is a favourite with the bird photographers. Another favourite has been a family of crossbills that have been foraging in the scots pines around the farmyard for the last two days.