…Barn Owls were out hunting a couple of days ago however I didn’t know I had captured both until I saw the images on the computer.
Female on the hunt.
Female with its bait.
Male on the hunt.
Male with its bait. They both caught quite a few
prey species in the couple of hours I was there.
My first Brown Hare of the year.
…I’d rear the report on BirdGuides correctly I would have seen the Russian White-fronted Geese at Lamesley but I didn’t so I didn’t. Here is what I did see in the half hour I was there (not a lot).
Shelduck.
Male Gadwall coming in to land.
Female Gadwall in flight.
Male Gadwall in flight.
A pair of Gadwall coming in to land.
Female Gadwall.
Male Gadwall.
A very distant Kestrel.
And a short sequence of the same very distant Kestrel
coming in to land on a post.
Some recent images from a very short walk from home and a relatively local Barn Owl.
One of two Redwing in our graveyard.
Grab shots of a local Red Kite with bait.
The light had been great all afternoon and just as it
faded the Barn Owl came out to hunt. However, it’s still nice to see at least
one is still out there hunting.
…with the camera since my knee replacement and I thought I would go to some local hides (so I could at least sit down) namely Clara Vale, Thornley Woods and Far Pastures. The pond was frozen at Clara and there was not much to point the camera at. It was the same on the bird front at Thornley, there were a few more birds that was until a couple with their dog turned up at the side of the hide and chased everything off. It wasn’t until I got to Far Pastures that I got any images. Like Clara the pond was frozen so no birds although I did hear a Water Rail. It was the lane and car park that proved to be the most productive and the images I got were all from those two places.
Red Kite with wing tag H.
Another Kite with something in its talons.
A third Kite flying over the field.
The first one had landed in the trees and was calling
as the others were flying around.
Just before take-off.
This male Kestrel landed in a tree in the car park and seemed to have its eye on something.
It was watching me from the shadows.
It flew off and landed in a tree along the lane.
I’m pleased that the Willow Tits are still active.
Robin.
Heron against the light.
Nuthatch.
Blackbird.
