Peak District Retreat Blog
A blog to share some items of interest about the Retreat and its environment - wildlife or other nature notes and images, or maybe something else. Our barn owl nest box has three cameras so barn owls will certainly feature in our blog, but so will other birds and other wildlife.
We do not commit to regular updates, rather we intend to post items of particular interest when they arise. We do have quite a back catalogue of past images which we may post to ‘back-fill’ the blog, while generally keeping the entries in chronological order.
Stock dove attacks a barn owl in the nestbox
Stock dove attacks barn owl! Watch the video.
Stock doves nested in our barn owl nestbox (excluding the owls) in 2022. Last year and again this year they are persistent in visiting the box hoping to find it empty.
We have a barn owl who roosts here most days (though occasionally misses a day). Today the doves came again, and entered the box to attack her. They were promptly repelled and went away (though may return another day).
The slow motion clips (first 25% speed then 10% speed) show how the barn owl anchored herself on her right leg and struck out with her (very long and sharp) left claws.
