When a barn owl I didn't recognise unwittingly entered my home valley, my resident birds of prey fought viciously to protect their territory.
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Newcomer
When this owl was spotted on cameras trying to take cover in one of my nest boxes, I knew immediately that it wasn’t a resident owl because it wore an identification ring on its leg.
Barn Owl v Kestrel
The newcomer soon discovered that the valley is already well-populated with birds of prey. As soon as it landed on my ash stump box, the female kestrel who had been busily incubating her clutch of eggs angrily blocked the entrance to the box with her wings.
Barn Owl v Tawny Owl
The incomer retreated - only to land in a box the tawny owl uses to roost in during the day. Spotting the barn owl at the entrance to its box, the tawny owl flew straight at the barn owl.
Thankfully the barn owl managed to slip under the tawny’s wing and escape. Barn owls are much smaller than tawnys and tend to come off worse during confrontations of this sort.
Elm Stump box
Inside the Elm Stump Box, my resident female barn owl left her eggs to see what all the noise was about. She returned agitated and began calling in distress.
Failed romance
On hearing her calls, the male barn owl appeared and tried to reassure her, but his romantic advances were swiftly rebuffed and the male barn owl left the nest to check the coast was now clear.
Tawny owl attack
Then, just as he lifted off, the tawny owl, now looking for trouble, flew at him, delivering such a hard blow to the barn owl’s head that the male barn owl fell back into the box
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I am a British wildlife artist and filmmaker on a mission to share my love for wildlife with the world. As well as creating detailed animal film and art portraits, I promote wildlife tours around the world and do all I can to help conserve and protect wildlife here at my home in Yorkshire. I hope that by putting nature in the frame I can foster a deep love for wildlife amongst my followers.
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