A trio of new owl chicks are settling into life at a Scottish wildlife centre, with one in training to take part in bird displays.

The little Indian eagle owl was born at the beginning of January at the Scottish Owl Centre in Polkemmet Country Park, West Lothian.

Staff are keen to train the new arrival to eventually take part in displays and it is being hand-reared, eating a diet of baby chickens.

When staff went to remove the fluffy chick to start its training, they discovered it had two siblings, which have been left to be reared by their parents.

Senior keeper Trystan Williams said: "We're still deciding on a name. We try to pick a name that isn't male or female as it's hard to tell the sex until it's fully grown.

"It's the first time we've bred Indian eagle owls at the Scottish Owl Centre. It's nice we can have one trained that was born right here.

"We start its training with its feeding. We hold it out of reach so it has to step to you. Eventually it will be running up and down the arena and flying to get to the food."

The Scottish Owl Centre has 120 birds in total, with 20 trained to take part in aerial displays for visitors.