Prey items cached in this box included adult Great Tit, adult Reed Bunting(headless) & a selection of 7 mice, vole & shrews.
So who is this savage killer with a stockpile of prey....?
A Little Owl of course !
Here the female in prone position, with tiny chick & egg - note another small mammal right in the corner beside the birds head.
Full view inside the box:-
They must have been stocking up while stuff has been on special offer.......
Greedy Little things.
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Close by these Tawnies are very late this year - their first egg only just hatched too.
Prey items in the box included Wood Mouse & single fledglings of Blackbird & Song Thrush.
