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Pink Footed Geese Events at RSPB Snettisham 2014 – 2015
Marshes on RSPB Snettisham Wildlife spectacles are a common theme in Snettisham as it is home to a popular RSPB reserve. Clouds of wading birds are pushed off the mud by the incoming tide, and huge...
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Barn Owls Come Home to Roost
Barn Owl guarding his family at his home in Twitchers Retreat, Snettisham (and they are guarded by our family DOG) Twitchers Retreat has long used the shadowy and elusive Barn Owl as a mascot and logo...
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Three Hungry Little Owlets Soon to Leave the Nest
Three little owlets – by Bee Squire Followers of my blog will know that in the summer we acquired a resident courting male and a female pair of Owls who have since raised a family of five Owlets.Now...
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THE PINK FOOTED GEESE ARE BACK IN SNETTISHAM
The first week of October and the first of the pinkies are back in Snettisham. It was so exciting to witness about 150 in formation yesterday afternoon flying over Twitchers Retreat on their way to...
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Our Barn Owls start their courtship!
Here at Twitchers Retreat in Snettisham our resident Barn Owls have confirmed spring is definitely in the air. The female barn owl has been roosting in her box in the garden all winter but this last...
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Mrs. Barn Owl sitting hard.
Mr & Mrs Owl courting Its 18 days since Luna laid her first egg, she now has five delicate little white eggs, its unbelievable that an owlet could emerge from such a small egg. Luna turns her...
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Turtle Doves Return
For the past four years we have very fortunate to have a pair of turtle doves which have graced our garden to feed. We have found that our Turtle Doves like very fine seed with no wheat or maize. The...
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Four Turtle Doves arrive! 2nd Owlet born
Happy Birthday Amazing we now have four Turtle Doves feeding in the garden and they appear to be nesting close by in the shrubbery. They feed constantly on the fine seed dropped from the feeders. Its...
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5 owlets – update
The owlets were born on 19/21/23/25/30th May and are growing well. The first two are a good size and the last three are the size of my thumb! Unfortunately dad is an absent father and is taking no...
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Mr. Owl has returned to his family but is still not providing child support! We are supplementary feeding 6 chicks a day which they gobble down during the day and early evening. The 5 owlets continue...
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