08.29 Female preening while standing near her chicks
09.14 Female watches a passing fly
09.16 Female feeds the chicks
09.51 Female gravel picking
10.07 A chick has a wander round the box
10.10 Female stretches her wings
10.13 Female departs the box
10.14 Female returns after a short time
10.25 Female hops onto the edge of the box then flys off
11.00 Chicks are all alone
13.00 female with chicks which are separated, no longer in cluster
13.05 2 chicks self preening
13.32 female and one chick preening, 2 asleep
14.00 female departed
14.17 chicks in huddle in corner
14.19 female back with fragment of kill, feeding one chick, probably
feral pigeon; fairly thick pink tarsus, which chick swallowed
14.21 female departed
14.25 male with chicks
14.30 male on edge of nestbox, calling
14.37 male departed
14.43 male back with kill -pigeon sp,, only underside of wing really
visible, feeding chicks, some attempts by chicks to feed themselves
14.55 chicks mostly sated with bulging crops, adult now eating most
meat pulled from carcass
15.00 male departed with remains of kill
15.00 Chicks have just been fed, their crops are bulging and they are alone
15.02 Chicks waddled about, one preened lightly, another explored the nest, one excreted, two stretched and flapped wings
15.05 All three chicks settled
15.15 Male appears with prey, (a bird that could be a starling?) The chicks waken but are not eager
15.17 Male tears meat and eats for himself. Chicks feed all keen for their share
15.22 Male removes prey and leaves nest
15.23 Chicks scratch, waddle and stretch
15.26 Male reappears with remains of the prey and is eating. One chick requests food and gets fed
15.29 Chicks settle to sleep while male observes
15.30 Male flies off leaving chicks asleep
15.57 A fly disturbs the chicks occasionally
16.27 Chicks still resting and alone. Glimpsed grey feathers on the underside of the wings
16.29 All chicks disturb, stretch and snuggle up together
17.00 Chicks still sleeping, alone