These birds are just so exciting and it has seemed an age since they last performed like this.
Many visits in the cold murky weather with just a few and then disappearing. I promised myself that I would not go and look for them too early as it is possible to waste a whole lot of time. But it gets difficult to resist when you want something to happen. Finally a brilliant bright afternoon and they were out early and many of them performing over the grassland. Unless you are into these beautiful birds it is difficult to imagine how adrenalin filled this can be.
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| On the hunt in Golden light |
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| Head On |
When two different raptors hunt the same territory at the same time there is always conflict. Kestrels harass the Short Eared Owls to try and drive them away and also steal prey from them if they can get away with it.
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| This Shortie has a keen eye on the Kestrel above |
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| Prey spotted then down into the grass |
This afternoon was like the F.A. Cup Final of birding and a great way to end 2019 !!
Finally have a happy and wild new year.
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