Sad news from Strix and Aluco
Over the last few weeks, many of us have been logged onto Aluco in her nest box, incubating her eggs. Tawny incubation is 30 days. We had...
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Feb 12, 2023
Aluco loses one egg.....
Fairly soon after laying one of her eggs, eagle-eyed viewers spotted that one of the eggs appeared damaged. On reviewing the footage, it...
Feb 11, 2023
Tawny Dramas; limps, cracked egg and a 3rd egg
There has been a lot happening since the last blog post when I thought that possibly we were only going to have two eggs. Aluco lay these...
Feb 4, 2023
A Second Tawny Egg
After the excitement of egg one, it has been fabulous watching Aluco in the nest box and waiting for the next egg to arrive. As she has...
Jan 30, 2023
We have a Tawny Owl Egg!
For anyone who has followed me for a while, the names, 'Strix' and 'Aluco' will be familiar to them. These are the names I gave to the...
Nov 1, 2021
Yew View updates October 2021
I felt it was about time I gave a Yew View update! At this time of year, lots is going on to get cameras and nest sites ready for next...
Jun 6, 2021
Nyx update from Yew View!
It seems some time ago now that our beautiful owlet, Nyx, left the nest box at Yew View. Pretty quickly, a stock dove thought it would be...
May 1, 2021
The final week in the Tawny Box; Nyx faces the outside world!
For many of us, watching the live cameras from the Yew View tawny box has become a daily obsession. It is difficult not to get 'attached'...
Apr 21, 2021
Growing Fast and Eating More!
If you have been watching the live tawny cam over the last few weeks, you will have also been amazed at the incredible growth rate of...
Apr 10, 2021
Eyes open and large meals! Nyx the Tawny Owlet's 2nd week.
After asking for suggestions of names for our tawny owlet, I was flooded with loads of amazing suggestions. DJ (the owner of Yew View)...
Apr 4, 2021
Our Owlet's first week at Yew View
I can't believe a week has passed and our owlet is now just over a week old. Sadly, the other egg did not hatch, so we just have a single...
Mar 27, 2021
Our first owlet, Squirrel dramas & Daylight Snack Drop-offs!
When I visited Yew View yesterday, I was hoping that one of the eggs would hatch, as we had reached the 30 day incubation period. An...
Mar 12, 2021
Worms, Wren... and Stock Dove... a Tawny diet
Aluco has spent another week incubating in the nest box. We are just over half way through the incubation period. She leaves the nest box...
Mar 5, 2021
Tawny Eggs and Live Streaming
The last few weeks have been pretty exciting regarding Strix and Aluco, our Yew View tawny pair. On the Feb 20th, Aluco laid her first...
Feb 20, 2021
We have a Tawny Egg!
When I went to Yew View this week, it was clear from the footage I lifted, that Strix and Aluco, our tawny owls, were ramping things up...
Feb 7, 2021
Regular Tawny Visits as we Move into February
Things are definitely looking promising on the Tawny front at Yew View. The female (Aluco) is now staying in the box during the day,...
Feb 3, 2021
Tawny Box 2021... looking forward to another breeding year
I am really hoping that the Yew View tawny box goes according to plan this year! This pair have bred here for the last four years,...
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