Barn Owl Live - A live stream from a Barn Owl box on the Somerset Levels, UK #owl #birds #somerset

A live stream from a Barn Owl box on the Somerset Levels. Just a reminder. This is a wild, none intervention Barn Owl box. We would appreciate it if the location was kept secret. Too many people seem to already know where this box is located. Barn Owls exhibit a brood reduction strategy characterized by asynchronous hatching and facultative siblicide, which functions as a form of bet-hedging in unpredictable environments. By initiating incubation with the first egg laid, hatching occurs sequentially, resulting in a size and developmental gradient among siblings. Parental food allocation often favours the older, more competitive nestlings, thereby increasing the probability that at least one offspring will survive. As such, we may see the last chicks to hatch, not survive. This is nature and happens in almost every Barn Owl box across the world. Below are the various important dates relating to this box. 2026 - Chicks 12/05/26 - Looks like one of the younger chicks had died. 22/05/26 - The 5th chick has sadly died. 16/06/26 - The four chicks have been ringed. 17/06/26 - First and Second chick fledged. 21/06/26 - Third chick has fledged. 2026 - Hatching 16/04/26 - The first chick hatches around 10am 18/04/26 - Second egg hatches around 08:42 20/04/26 - Third chick hatched. 23/04/26 - Fourth chick hatched. 25/04/26 - Fifth chick has hatched 28/04/26 - Sixth and final chick has hatched 2026 - Eggs 15/03/06 - First egg is laid. 17/03/06 - Second egg laid. 21/03/06 - Third egg laid. 23/03/06 - Fourth egg laid. 26/03/06 - Fifth egg laid. 29/03/06 - Sixth egg laid. 2025 - Chicks 06/08/25 - Fourth chick fledged. 27/07/25 - Third chick fledged. 24/07/25 - Second chick fledges. 23/07/25 - First of the chicks fledges. 12/06/25 - Chick #6 sadly died. 20/06/25 - Chick #5 passed. 2025 - Hatchings 25/05/25 - First chick hatches 29/05/25 - Second chick hatches 31/05/25 - Third chick hatches 02/06/25 - Fourth chick hatches 04/06/25 - Fifth chick hatches 08/06/25 - Sixth chick hatches 2025 - Eggs 24/04/25 - First egg laid 27/04/25 - Second egg laid 29/04/25 - Third egg laid 02/05/25 - Fourth egg laid 04/05/25 - Fifth egg laid 07/05/25 - Sixth egg laid. Many thanks for our lovely moderator team and subscribers who's constant vigilance and time stamping make this stream possible! Somerset Barn Owl Live Facebook Page   / somersetbarnowl   Box provided by the Hawk & Owl Trust as part of the Adopt A Box scheme. https://hawkandowltrust.org/   / hawkandowltrust   Previous years activity. 2024 - Hatchings 05/05/24 - First chick hatches (am) 05/05/24 - Second chick hatches (pm) 08/05/24 - Third chick hatches 10/05/24 - Fourth chick hatches 13/05/24 - Fifth chick hatches We're not expected the last egg to hatch, as we think it was the first laid and overdue. 2024 - Eggs 29/03/24 - First egg laid 01/04/24 - Second egg laid 04/04/24 - Third egg laid 06/04/24 - Fourth egg laid 08/04/24 - Fifth egg laid 11/04/24 - Sixth egg laid 24/05/24 - The female goes missing and does not return 28/05/24 - The two smallest chicks died 12/06/24 - Male breaks prey delivery record with 19 deliveries in one night 01/07/24 - Third chick falls from the roof and sadly dies 02/07/24 - Decision made to not ring the remaining chicks this year 07/07/24 - Both remaining chicks fledge the nest. 2023 - Hatchings 20/05/23 - Second egg hatches 22/05/23 - Third egg hatches 24/05/23 - Fourth egg hatches 28/05/23 - Fifth egg hatches The last egg failed to hatch. 02/06/2023 - Chick 4, The youngest chick has unfortunately passed. 14/06/2023 - Chick 3 has now also passed. 29/06/2023 - Both remaining chicks are ringed by the Hawk & Owl Trust Late July - Both remaining chicks have fledged. 2023 - Eggs The first egg of 2023 was laid on the 14th April 14/04/23 - First egg laid 16/04/23 - Second egg laid 19/04/23 - Third egg laid 21/04/23 - Fourth egg laid 25/04/23 - Fifth egg laid Stock Doves - Late 2023 using the nest after the Barn Owls. 25/08/23 - First egg laid 28/08/23 - Second egg laid 12/09/23 - Sadly the nest has been abandoned by the Stock Doves. 2022 Our breading pair hatched 6 eggs. All successfully ringed and fledged.