Mar 12Aluco on Incubation DutiesIt's been an exciting few weeks in the Yew View tawny box. After last year's failed breeding , after the eggs all broke, I was worried...
Jan 18Strengthening Bonds - Strix & Aluco the tawny owlsFor the last 5 years, I have filmed a pair of tawny owls at a site I work at in Worcestershire; Yew View. We have 2 tawny boxes on site....
Nov 21, 2023Hornets & Tawny OwlsMy journey to work at YewView is considerably longer now, than when I lived in Lichfield. This means I am no longer spending one day a...
Jan 30, 2023We 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 28, 2021A New Tawny Box for my GardenThis weekend friend, Denis Stretton (of the Stow Maries Aerodrome kestrel box set-up) came up for the weekend, to help me with some of my...
Mar 12, 2021Worms, Wren... and Stock Dove... a Tawny dietAluco has spent another week incubating in the nest box. We are just over half way through the incubation period. She leaves the nest box...
Feb 7, 2021Regular Tawny Visits as we Move into FebruaryThings are definitely looking promising on the Tawny front at Yew View. The female (Aluco) is now staying in the box during the day,...
Feb 4, 2021Tawny Box 2021... looking forward to another breeding yearI 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,...
Dec 3, 2020Strix and Aluco meet on the balcony!As it looks like our tawny pair are going to nest in one of the two Yew View boxes, as they have the last few years, I have decided to...