Peak District Retreat Blog: Wildlife and general news about the Retreat and its environment

The fourth barn owl egg has hatched.

Near the top of the photo there is a half-shell from the recent hatching. There are two eggs remaining to hatch over the next few days.

There is enough light this morning to see colour inside the box, so you can see the pink blobbiness of the owlets - the white fluff will come later. It is hard to distinguish the four separately but there are four there.