0:00:02 > 0:00:06OK, mate. Eh? Ah, that's good.
0:00:07 > 0:00:13I'm Johnny Kingdom and I'm spending a year filming the birds around my home
0:00:13 > 0:00:16on Exmoor in the southwest of England.
0:00:19 > 0:00:26I've been filming some of them on a piece of land we've got just up the road from our village.
0:00:26 > 0:00:32It's a big challenge because I'm trying to follow 'em right through the seasons.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Beautiful shot.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Now it's nearly summer,
0:00:37 > 0:00:42the time of the year when all the birds are rearing their chicks.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45I've been following a Great Spotted woodpecker.
0:00:47 > 0:00:53Now that I've found their nest, what I want to do is get in close so I can film the chicks.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58My mate Bob thinks he may have found a way to help me.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Up a bit. Up.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03What are you doing, Bob?
0:01:03 > 0:01:07And there's one bird that's going to be my biggest challenge.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13I zoom in a wee bit. You'll just see a bit of the hide.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16The barn owls is underneath there.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Cor, that's brilliant. Look at that.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22In't he a funny little chap?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Bet I am too with these glasses on!
0:01:28 > 0:01:32BIRDSONG
0:01:37 > 0:01:40This year has been a really busy one.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46I've had a job keeping up with the birds down on our land.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I've been trying to film as many of them as I can.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57I've got some brilliant shots of this wren's nest.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Prettier than that Johnny says.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05I filmed these swallows in our teepee.
0:02:05 > 0:02:11I got these lovely shots of a Canada goose and her goslings.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16But what I want to get on with today is filming some woodpecker chicks.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19I know them there, going "ch-ch-ch".
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- The noise of them?- Yeah.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26My mate Bob is with me because there's something he wants me to try out.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Now the bird is up there, look.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Listen, listen.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Listen! Hear that? Ch-ch-ch.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40- In there?- Yeah. That's the hole there.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42BIRDS TWEET
0:02:42 > 0:02:48What Bob has done is put a little camera on this very, very long pole
0:02:48 > 0:02:54so we can get up 30 foot high to try and film these woodpeckers.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Can I be any help at the bottom?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Just 'im up past.- Yeah, OK.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I'm not sure this is going to work or no.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I think you may have gone past them.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11I still can't see that hole.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14- You're too low, John. - Eh?- I'm too low.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- No, you're above the hole. Miles above.- Sure?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I think. Come down a bit!
0:03:19 > 0:03:22What you doing, Bob?!
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Frightened the fella to death. Dearie me!
0:03:26 > 0:03:29BIRDS TWEET
0:03:29 > 0:03:32You've got some stuff in the way of the lens.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36What I'm trying to tell you, Bob... Can you listen to me?
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Face me, a minute. Bob, look at me, babe.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I called you babe, then. You're not my wife.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- See the tree behind your backside here?- Yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Your angle of your thing, got to come right out there.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I want to get nearer to the hole, you see.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02OK. Now you're spot-on, Bob. That's it.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Spot-on. That will do.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06You may get a shot there.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10What I'll do now is pick up the camera and I want the film crew
0:04:10 > 0:04:14to go right back, out the way, then me and you can go in and still hide.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Then we should see birds come back.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Jeez! Six feet of water.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25On my arse. Wet right through now.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31This my take a few minutes now, but the birds are still...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34You're moving, Bob, you must be.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37He's back again.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I can see the woodpecker there.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44He's feeding the babies, you can just about see it.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46The woodpecker's gone again.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49He's going ch-ch-ch. Bob, do it.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- Ch-ch-ch.- Ch-ch-ch.- Ch-ch-ch.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Ch-ch-ch.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Ooh, he's come. Shush.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59This is the male bird, Bob.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I know it's the male. He's got a red disc at the back of his head.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04- Do you know this?- No, I didn't.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06The female is completely black.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Do you understand that?- Yes.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Uh-oh.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13What the hell's that? Missed it.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Damn!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19We had a fault just now with the camera.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22You buy these things and they don't last two minutes.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- I'm beginning to wonder, Bob, what are you doing next with me? - I don't know!
0:05:30 > 0:05:31He's a nice man.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35I think the world of him, but I think he'll have to stick to his silo making.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Still a bit of fungi on the pond.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46If I'm going to get any shots of these woodpeckers, I think I'd better stick to my own camera.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- I've got the badgers down here now. There's cubs.- Are there?- Yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07On our land we've got 30 acres of open fields.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10This year, I've put it all back into meadow grass.
0:06:10 > 0:06:17I've put in the grass. 12 big boxes of wildflowers.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20So this year I'm hoping they'll all come out.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23If you follow me around we'll try and find some, OK?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26These have just started to grow.
0:06:30 > 0:06:37I don't know much about wildflowers but I've got a book to help me along.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Here, look. What a pretty picture, these lovely little flowers.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Well, I can pick them out quite easy.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46It's in the book.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49And it says... Wait a minute.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Germander Speedwell.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Or Ger-mander Speedwell.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Germander Speedwell, I think you pronounce this. Very, very pretty.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06Of course, one of the reasons why I planted these flowers, they're good for the wildlife.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Heath Lobelia. Right.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Now we've got something different.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Beautiful pink little flower.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19I don't know whether the birds would pick on that, mind you, but bees will.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26What I'd really like to see is a barn owl.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30This long grass is perfect for the field mice, what they eat.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I've even put up a nesting box.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37But I haven't seen any yet.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Well, I've not had any luck with owls.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57But I had a phone call from a lady called Melanie, a friend who lives in the village.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00She's got some barn owls there.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06She's got a camera in a bird box in this barn.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Hi. Hello, Melanie.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Come to see your lovely barn owls.
0:08:12 > 0:08:18The Barn Owl Trust actually put this camera in the box because these birds are protected.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21You just cannot do what you like. Oh!
0:08:21 > 0:08:24One, two, three, four, five, six. Oh!
0:08:24 > 0:08:27What a wonderful sight that is.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32Since the owls arrived, Melanie's become a bit of an expert.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34She laid her first egg on May 16th
0:08:34 > 0:08:39and she's been laying every other day since then.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42How long now do we expect to see chicks in here, roughly?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I think they sit on the eggs for round about 30 odd days.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- As long as that?- They don't all hatch at the same time like chickens.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52No. They'll be all different sizes more or less?
0:08:52 > 0:08:58That's so that when they fledge the parents can take the first one out and make it country-wise
0:08:58 > 0:09:03as such, and teach it to fly because they can't cope with six chicks flying at the same time.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06You'd think they'd break. Look at that.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- That is cracking. I like that. - Cracking, eh?
0:09:10 > 0:09:13OWLS CHIRP
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Well, I've never heard anything like that in my life. Have you ever heard that?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I've never heard that one.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Old timer at 71 but I never give up learning.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- That was fantastic. - That must have been the male.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- Singing to her?- Yeah.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33And then she'll do hissing.
0:09:35 > 0:09:40And when he brings her food, she'll preen him.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42They seem to be very affectionate.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44They scratch each other's faces.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Wife won't do that to me, yet.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I know what to do when I get home.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53I'll tell Julie. I'll phone her and warn her!
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Crikey me!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03That's what it's all about.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05We might get more eggs.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12To come here now and see that, I'm over the moon anyway.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17To see them mating, to see the eggs, to see her move around, the funny noise...
0:10:17 > 0:10:19You'll know now what that noise means.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Yes.- It's the mating call.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- So there's still time for me to do something.- Oh, yes.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I'd love to find some barn owls to film.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41There's so much I'd like to find out about these birds.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I just hope I'm not too late this year.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Well, I haven't forgot about the birds but yesterday I spotted
0:11:02 > 0:11:06something else on the edge of our village that I can't resist filming.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Fox cubs.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Well, I hope you can see me.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16That's where the cubs are. There were six cubs here.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I could see them playing but they may not come out.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23I've got to get behind the camera now. Get behind
0:11:23 > 0:11:24the camera and just wait, OK?
0:11:26 > 0:11:32Dear me. There's something you don't do, snap a stick like that!
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Sheep up top there. The foxes like a bit
0:11:38 > 0:11:41of mutton, a bit of lamb.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I wouldn't stay there if I was you.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Something may nip your backside!
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Well, the lamb is going right in the hole where the fox cubs come out.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Would you believe that?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58They're looking down the hole.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Look at that.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07I've got my eyes spotted on the den now.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Well, well, well. Look at that.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28In't that beautiful?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Just sitting out in the sun, look.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Mum's back now. She's been off hunting.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00What'll happen now is all these little cubs will start suckling her.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07This is brilliant.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Just look at that.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It's wonderful to watch these beautiful animals.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I'm going to move on now.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30I won't get any better shots than that,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32but that was fantastic.
0:13:41 > 0:13:42It's the middle of June.
0:13:42 > 0:13:49I'm going back to the woodpeckers' nest to see if I can get some better shots than I did with Bob.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Here I am in a one-man tent, just sitting down, not getting wet.
0:14:00 > 0:14:06I need to get these shots because the chicks will be leaving the nest any day now.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09We wait.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Wait for the parent bird to come.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Look, you can see the young bird poking his head out.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43This is the male. He's got a big prize.
0:14:43 > 0:14:48He's not too eager to feed them because he's trying to call one out.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02It's the last one to go. It doesn't look like it's going to go now.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06This is the female.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10It looks to me like she's got a beak-full of maggots.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16He comes part way out, he goes back again, but he just won't come out.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24He's saying, "Come on, Mama.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27"Come on, Daddy. I want some goodies."
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Come on, boy, come out. Come on...
0:15:32 > 0:15:34It's a free world for you. Be brave.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Jump out.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47There we are. He's just poking his head out further this time.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Come on, mate.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51You must come out. Come on.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58It's like, how could I give up here?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01But I just...I can't wait no longer.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04It's been fantastic to watch these woodpeckers.
0:16:07 > 0:16:14Next year, he'll be having a family in another tree somewhere in our wood, I hope.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15All the best, my friend.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17I'm off.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29OK, that was one of the birds I wanted to film.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33But now I've got to get on with the barn owls.
0:16:33 > 0:16:39I still haven't found any on our land, but I've got an idea where I can film them.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41I suddenly thought,
0:16:41 > 0:16:42there is another place.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47I went up to my old hide and I found them up there, would you believe it?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49A pair of barn owls.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54The hide is at my old mate Tony Thorne's place.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Tony died three years ago.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00But I've still got cameras up there.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06I've found out there's a pair of barn owls there.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Right, that's where the hide is, where that fir tree is.
0:17:17 > 0:17:23That fir tree was my mum's, which I brought there several years ago now.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Just after she died, I put a fir tree there to remember her.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Me and Tony used to go in there and watch barn owls.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33If I zoom in a wee bit...
0:17:33 > 0:17:37we might just see a bit of the hide with the ropes.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39This is where me and Tony used to walk up,
0:17:39 > 0:17:44but the barn owls is underneath there and that hide goes up into the trees.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46You can't see the top.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Right underneath, it's 30 ft high.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51Now...
0:17:51 > 0:17:54I'm going down here, look.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Down there...in those trees.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02That's where my station is, where I can watch the barn owls from.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10I've come down this afternoon to show you my set-up.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14This station is miles from anywhere
0:18:14 > 0:18:19so I put this canvas up to keep things dry, because out here I've got no power.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23So down here I've got one battery, 12 volts.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26And another 12-volt battery behind there.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30And these two converters -
0:18:30 > 0:18:32what gets the power to this.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Hello, boy. Oh!
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Look at that. A lovely little frog.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Isn't that wonderful? OK, mate, you can go. I'll put you over there.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45You can disappear in there. How about that? Isn't that lovely?
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Just coming on site like that.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49It all happens.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53I've set myself up 50 metres from the hide
0:18:53 > 0:18:56so I won't disturb the barn owls.
0:18:56 > 0:19:01These cables run to three cameras in the hide
0:19:01 > 0:19:03that I can operate from here.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07There's a good set-up. Last of all there's the sound.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12We've got a bit of interference but at least we'll be able to hear
0:19:12 > 0:19:15the barn owl talking to the chicks,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18making that "gick, gick..." noise in there.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23It's a wonderful animal. All I'm waiting for now is to get some results.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29The best time to film barn owls is in the dark when they do their hunting.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I'll be back. Wonderful.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53HE WHISPERS: Well, I'm at the barn owls' place again
0:19:53 > 0:19:56and you can hear the birds hissing.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58I've got to keep very, very quiet.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00I'm just waiting now.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11This is him. We've got the male, and they've brought in something.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18He's got to go again.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Oh, yes, now I see.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23He delivered a mouse to the female, which we can see now.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26He's gone again.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35I expect she said to herself, "Well, that's a bit too tough for you, my dears. I'll eat that."
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Gone again.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40All you could see was the tail just disappearing.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49Wonderful, I think that is. To see something like that happen.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53He's gone again.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55It happened so quick.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00He come down so quick, he dropped the mouse, I just turn my back and there you are.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02He's feeding the babies.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06This is what I love to see. You see?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08In the right place at the right time.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12They've got to feed well, they've got to.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15When the weather's dry like this, they keep piling the food in.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19If the babies don't take it, then they'll have a little stockpile there.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24They've got to do that, you see, and this is why when it rains for two or three days,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27they don't get no food and then I'm sorry to say,
0:21:27 > 0:21:32if you're very small, you don't stand much of a chance to live.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34And this is the truth about barn owls.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40The big one's at the back, lifting her wing up.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43One of the big ones, he didn't have enough food.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45He's coming out again now, looks like it.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Oh, yeah, I can see him now. Sticking his beak...
0:21:55 > 0:22:01Oh, yeah. He just took something from the beak then, which is a lovely shot, that was.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I think that was that big one, you know. Bit of a pig he is.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07He stuck his beak right underneath and grabbed something.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Yeah, that big beak. That's why he's getting so big
0:22:12 > 0:22:15because he's here feeding all the time.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Oh, he's asking for some more, yes. Passes it to him.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Mind, this happens in barn owl chicks.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24They keep grabbing it and grabbing it and the other one don't get enough.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28He's got something in his beak. Oh, he's picking it up and trying to help, look.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32A little bit of interference inside.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Beautiful. Look at that. She just got up and showed us the chicks.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Oh, that's wonderful!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Funny-looking characters, they are.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48But I am, too, now, with these glasses on.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56They're all fluffy. They're all fluffy.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00It's so nice to see them in there like that, you know. Beautiful.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05I can't wait to get home to tell my dear wife Julie.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Tell her what I've done.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Now the barn owl is going to sleep.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15And the little babies as well underneath those lovely warm feathers.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20So this is the time that I'm going to say goodnight, my friend.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23But no doubt I'll be back to see you again.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Over and out.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39# I don't care for walking down town
0:23:39 > 0:23:42# Crazy autocar going to mow me down
0:23:42 > 0:23:46# Look at all the people Like cows in a herd
0:23:46 > 0:23:49# Well I like...
0:23:49 > 0:23:51# Birds. #
0:23:51 > 0:23:58John's been really taken up with the filming of the birds this year, especially the barn owls.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03He's been obsessed with the barn owls from day one, from the egg.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Even when we went away, all he worried about was whether
0:24:07 > 0:24:13the owls would survive, because it was raining and they couldn't hunt.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16He just couldn't wait to get back and see if they were OK. Luckily, they were.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Look, Harry, look. Fish.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25See? This has been a really, really good year for me.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Of course the biggest achievement is the barn owl.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I mean, it's took me a lot of time,
0:24:31 > 0:24:35but to get those lovely shots, I can't tell you how I feel.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38You see, Harry? Look. Watch the water bubble, look.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43- You see the bubble?- John never ceases to surprise me what he takes on.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48I think he's just waiting next for the owls to fly.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51He's really getting excited about it.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54A shark came up. Look, look, look!
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Nnnn-ar! Gotcha!
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Right. It's getting...
0:25:11 > 0:25:14It's getting darker and darker and we could be...
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Just about the right time to get there and set things up.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Hopefully we'll have a good night, OK?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Well, I'm at the barn owls' place again.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43As you can see, they're just waiting there now for the parents to come.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49Yes! There's the mice, look.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53And he's stopped. And he's stopped. He didn't know which way to give.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Fantastic bit of footage.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56Look at that.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Ooh, he's turned around with that mouse, look. That's very unusual.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Now, is he trying to get the barn owl to come out?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07He's calling and he's gone away with the mouse again.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11That's the first time I've ever seen that happen. He's gone away.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13He's gone.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17Uh-oh. The young one's gone right on the very entrance now.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19You can see his talons.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Ooh, and the other one's there.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Wow, wow, wow. NOW we've got something to look at.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Now we have got something to look at.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34We've got the both owls on the entrance, and what a beautiful shot that is.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46Oh, just look at that. Weren't that beautiful when he looked back then?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49If I don't get any more shots, I shall be more than happy to see that.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Oh that is something, my friends, to see.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04And the other one's hitching up... Oh, he's gone! He flew!
0:27:04 > 0:27:06That is incredible!
0:27:06 > 0:27:10The young one took off in flight for the first time. There you are.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13We have recorded it from the hide. Would you believe that?
0:27:18 > 0:27:21He's come back, he's come back again.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Oh, look at that for a cracking shot, mate!
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Look at that!
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Who's the third one? There you are.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31The first shot has got three.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34It's got three of them in the entrance, look.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Two gone. That's the fluffy one. What's he going to think about it all?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41He's not going to go. I shouldn't have thought so.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45I expect he's saying, "My mates are gone, I'm on my own. What do I do?
0:27:45 > 0:27:47"Do I stay here or do I go?" Look!
0:27:49 > 0:27:53Oh. He's exercising his wings right on the doorstep.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Look at that. Look at that. That's how they do it, you see. They're exercising.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Wow! I just don't believe what I've just seen.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I've seen all the shots I wanted and it's happened tonight.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13I've seen actually the young one fly out of the hide for the first time
0:28:13 > 0:28:16and come back in again, in and out. I just don't believe it.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22What a lovely way to finish this lovely story of the barn owls.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Something I shall never, never forget.
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