BARN OWL (Tyto alba) young at entrance to nest chamber, UK.

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This wild barn owlet is approximately 9 weeks old. The nest is in an old barn the inside of which the farmer no longer uses. Barn owls have nested at this site for a number of years. For the last 3 years they have used this chamber in the gable end. This year there was a clutch of 5 eggs, one of which was lost. Of this owl's siblings 1 has fledged but continues to return to the nest, others are 'branching'. Photographed under licence.

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Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Lincolnshire, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Roy Waller / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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