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10 September 2022 Split focus On Thursday evening, the chick that had joined the male in the Evergreen Oak flew back across to the roof […]

08 September 2022 Lift off .   .   . take two After spending another day hiding in the parsley, the chick was actively moving around our […]

06 September 2022 Recovery operation Yesterday morning the female was perched on the step of the nest box, with the second chick in the box; […]

04 September 2022 We have lift-off (for one chick) We left very early this morning to re-visit the farm Kuilfontein in search of Cape Eagle-Owls. […]

03 September 2022 Anxious time The chicks are now around 40 days old and have reached that stage where they are becoming more active  .  […]

01 September 2022 A really good day! When I checked the nest this morning, both chicks were in the box and, excitingly, there was a […]

31 August 2022 That’s better The female has just flown down to ‘her’ tree in the Tea Garden – so I popped up to the […]

31 August 2022 Brrrr .  .  .  . it’s cold out there!!! After spending most of the past four days on the roof under the […]

30 August 2022 A very busy morning!!!! When I took my coffee up onto the roof just after 06:00 this morning I could hear soft […]

29 August 2022 Branched!! After a week away, I was really keen to see how the owls were doing and I checked on the nest […]

17 August 2022 More milestones I’ve just checked on the nest again, and as my head popped up over the wall I was met by […]

17 August 2022 Lots going on! This morning, when I hit the roof to start a new atlas card for the Delta pentad at 05:55, […]