I feel so lucky and privileged to have a site where Short-Eared Owls regularly over winter. There is a parcel of set aside land that is never mowed or touched and the vole population must proliferate during the summer.
They are stunning birds that many many birders like to photograph. In fact the site gets over run some times as the word gets around.
Everyone seems well behaved and keep out of the field that is surrounded by a Cotswold Stone wall. You just have to wait for the owls to appear and put in a show. Hopefully they will come fairly close and may even settle on the walls
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| Shorty on a typical Cotswold Stone Wall |
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| I managed to spot this one on the grass |
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| Hunting over the grassland |
