UKH

Well they produced 6 ugly looking things, entertaining leaning out of my office window and seeing a row of horror-stories staring back. Past few days they are out and about shuffling along the beams to learn walking and flying and now they are plummetting to the ground then perching all over the place, the outside stairs, garden furniture, on a motorbike. Confuses the dogs!

Nice!

CB

You lucky man!

Pictures?

Not being able to embed photos in thread is drawback with UKC. I could just as well put a link to Google.

I am VERY jealous.  What have they been feeding them on?

This morning I saw a sparrowhawk carry prey into its nest site. Last week saw a fox carrying a rabbit.  And I've been watching tawny owls all spring.

Field mice from the looks of it, a regular shuttle service of things dangling in the parents talons. One of the chicks is sitting on my windowsill right now, I could reach out and give it a push! Two sat on their beam and another wandering along on the ground, walking isn't their strong point. One of them didn't like my sons attentions and sank it's talons in his finger yesterday.

Absolutely wonderful Jim.  I've been watching two remote camcorders of kestrel's nests and both sets of youngsters have within the last few days also left the nest and are now outside exploring.

They're entertaining for sure right now, you turn round and the things are everywhere. My Border Collie is thinking of herding them but isn't sure (he's trying to stare one down at the moment), the pointer has fallen asleep and the fat house cat makes a detour round them after yesterdays fright! Normally birds don't puff themselves up and look mean!

I hope you're filming loads of this.

You could make a wildlife documentary about it, how they've adapted to human environment, sounds absolutely enchanting.

I've been puzzled by weird bird sounds coming from the cemetery at the end of my garden all week, thinking about parakeets maybe, but this morning  I looked at my neighbour's fence and saw it was young magpies begging their parents for food. First time I've ever seen any baby crow type birds at all.

Delighted for you, shame there is a serial disliker on the thread 

Gamekeeper creeping in maybe?

Wonderful thread.

Probably the same Barbour-wearing bastard that clicks the dislike button every time I call Clarkson a c*nt.