Live Barn Owl Nest Box Cam – Dorset, UK

This is a live feed of wild barns owls named the Lorton Meadows Barn Owls brought to you by the Dorset Wildlife Trust, United Kingdom. The male has a white chest and face. He usually shows up after dark but has spent an entire day with the female.



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Chris in Olympia
April 16, 2026 2:08 am

Well, I survived! It is just about midnight, so the deadline is now past on the west coast. As far as I know, I got everyone filed or extended. Have huge piles of returns still to do in my office, but some are fairly simple, I just couldn’t spare the time to copy everything, make all my notes, ask follow-up questions, print them out, and review them carefully this week. People don’t realize it isn’t just punching numbers into the computer. When I worked at an accounting firm we had secretaries to do some of the final prep work to… Read more »

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Gwen
April 16, 2026 2:22 am

Now you can breathe easier, but you still aren’t done..you never cease to amaze me…you bend over backwards for your clients, , takes a special person to do what you do..bless you Chris✝️🙏
Happy to hear DH has done so good…funny we had salmon and mashed potatoes for dinner tonight..

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Chris in Olympia
April 16, 2026 11:13 am
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TEA
TEA
April 16, 2026 8:45 am

Congratulations on 2026 tax season ending.
Your clients are blessed to have your help.
Great your DH can eat regular foods again.

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Lynn
April 15, 2026 3:25 pm

Good afternoon…a this and that day….did some straightening in the house, made a couple calls but no answer so will try again later or tomorrow, tried on some tops, walked the dogs. We got a picture and message from DS saying hello from Norway….we never know ahead of time and where he is never surprises me anymore. Have a good rest of the day/evening  😊 

Chris in Olympia
April 15, 2026 6:56 pm
Reply to  Lynn

Norway  🇸🇯 

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 7:58 pm
Reply to  Lynn

The traveling man is in Norway…..he is living life to the fullest. Happy for him.  🙂 

Lynn
April 15, 2026 8:44 pm
Reply to  TEA

 😊 

PamCo_Home
April 15, 2026 11:30 pm
Reply to  Lynn

You know I love to hear the location of his adventures. I can see my Cody’s middle son, Keegan, doing that. 

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 9:12 am

Good morning  🌼  We are in for a couple of days of summer temperatures. Our high today will be 90°. Spring full of up and down temperatures. Yesterday I was not feeling so chipper. Phone call from cardiologist RN had me in a tailspin. Come to find out she was telling me wrong information.  🙄  She had my weight about 15 pounds over, told me I should have another IV infusion and scheduled me for noon today. Then said I should schedule a heart catheterization to find out where the fluid is. What??? This made me… Read more »

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Deborah
April 15, 2026 10:58 am
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how terrible for you, I’m glad it got straightened out and that you had your husband to lean on…bad on that nurse… I hope you have a more enjoyable day today  🌼 

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 12:39 pm
Reply to  Deborah

Hi Deborah Thank you. It was a terrible experience.
I am sure my doctor straightened her out….and she was not so nice on the second call.
We all make mistakes, but own up to it and be nice.

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Chris in Olympia
April 15, 2026 12:50 pm
Reply to  TEA

💗 Oh my! What an awful situation! I am so sorry you went through that. 💗 So glad DH was there to be supportive. Delivering surprising news that way in itself could have caused more health problems. If you were just at the doctor’s office, why wouldn’t they have told you that then?  😞  Yes, we all make mistakes, but as you said, own up to it. We all hate admitting it, but taking it out on someone else is not fair. When DD was a toddler we went in for a pediatrician appt, and they weighed her… Read more »

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TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 2:42 pm

Sorry about your experience with DD doctors office as an infant.
Thank you Chris. 💗  Today is a much better day.
I could of had a heart attack…that is what DH was afraid of.

Lynn
April 15, 2026 3:23 pm
Reply to  TEA

so sorry that happened, Tea..terrible. I had a couple bad experiences also…one in the hospital with a mean nurse and the other with 2 different NPs …they were wrong on a couple things they told me and just too businesslike, no empathy.

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 7:55 pm
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Chris in Olympia
April 16, 2026 1:54 am
Reply to  TEA

I am just glad you are OK.  💖  💗 

PamCo_Home
April 15, 2026 4:35 pm
Reply to  TEA

OMGoodness Tea — you poor thing  🙏 {{HUGS}} We all make mistakes, but what that nurse said/did was unconscionable. It’s terrifying for a patient to be told such a thing; that kind of news could’ve caused a heart attack. And then not admit it is just beyond the pale  😠 

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TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 7:56 pm
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Chris in Olympia
April 15, 2026 2:30 am

Well guess what? I worked on tax returns today. It was actually a bit slower today in a way, not as jumbled as yesterday. I did help a client over the phone get signed up with the website for Washington State Capital Gains tax. It is crazy, because Washington state has in its Constitution that it can not have an income tax. But the legislature passed a Capital Gains tax a few years ago, and the state Supreme Court decided that it was not an “income” tax, but an “excise” tax , which is allowed.  🤔  Of course… Read more »

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Chris in Olympia
April 15, 2026 2:32 am

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Lynn
April 15, 2026 7:53 am

oh that first one  😂 

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 9:16 am

Funny  😄  I had a good laugh at the first one.

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 9:14 am

Wow….what a busy day with taxes. Almost at the finish line.  👍 

Deborah
April 15, 2026 11:02 am

I’m glad there are people like you to do this stuff because it makes my head spin  😄 

Chris in Olympia
April 15, 2026 12:41 pm
Reply to  Deborah

I have a hairdresser client who said that to me, and I told her that I am glad there are people who wash, cut and style hair all day because I could not imagine doing that!  😯 

Deborah
April 15, 2026 8:38 pm

so true, we all have our special niche

PamCo_Home
April 14, 2026 3:03 pm

Today’s Plugger comic is for Chris  😄 

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Chris in Olympia
April 14, 2026 8:21 pm
Reply to  PamCo_Home

 😂  Yes, there are a few.  😁  Though usually now it is either a box, or a canvas bag.

PamCo_Home
April 14, 2026 11:14 pm

 😂  {{HUGS}}

Lynn
April 15, 2026 7:53 am
Reply to  PamCo_Home

 😀 

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 9:17 am
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 😄 

Gwen
April 14, 2026 2:45 pm

I. have a full day … need to go get gas, go to DMV to get a 90 day extension on my License , I go in later don’t have a long wait, then to Costco to get a few things…coffee is a couple $ cheaper and some vitamins, and some meats… this morning I cleaned our master bath, bedroom, put away Easter decorations, did a load of laundry and put away.. We got maybe 1/2 inch of rain past 2 days… now partly sunny and 63 degrees..Watched AI last night and some of the Voice…and read until I got… Read more »

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Chris in Olympia
April 14, 2026 8:22 pm
Reply to  Gwen

Hope DMV went well.

PamCo_Home
April 14, 2026 11:15 pm
Reply to  Gwen

Hope the extension at DMV went well ♥

Lynn
April 15, 2026 7:54 am
Reply to  PamCo_Home

it was the finale on the Voice, I saw the last part.

Gwen
April 14, 2026 2:42 pm

I saw the egg again last night and no one was on it… all by itself… Weird…

TEA
TEA
April 15, 2026 9:18 am
Reply to  Gwen

 😥