tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post3370828401528207260..comments2023-04-04T09:31:49.481+02:00Comments on Aigronne Valley Wildlife: Crashing owls all round...Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-38949518130948213722013-03-01T14:07:46.269+01:002013-03-01T14:07:46.269+01:00Susan,
both the owls were hunting successfully... ...Susan,<br />both the owls were hunting successfully... so either the vole population has moved back in at speed... or the have invented their aqualing!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-65738777943446735652013-02-26T00:10:17.497+01:002013-02-26T00:10:17.497+01:00We've also got Little Owls... they live at the...We've also got Little Owls... they live at the farm just up the road, but visit our barn regularly... often perching in the dusk upon the end of the roof... I got scolded by one once, inside the barn, when I went in to get something... most indignant it was!!<br />Tawny Owls call regularly from the woods either side of the valley [about a kilometre or less wide at our portion] and overfly us... sometimes stopping off for a hunt in the meadow.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-49150338431557000222013-02-25T15:05:14.365+01:002013-02-25T15:05:14.365+01:00Great post with masses of info. We seem to only h...Great post with masses of info. We seem to only have the Little Owl around here but I have never managed to get a photo of it. Take care DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-3846388262885589252013-02-25T13:08:10.381+01:002013-02-25T13:08:10.381+01:00I once watched a barn owl hunting in daylight in t...I once watched a barn owl hunting in daylight in the Derwent valley, east of York. When I turned away an hour had passed, though it seemed like no time at all. <br />Lovely to see such a successful hunter after the disastrous fate of the old owl. I don;t think the voles have time to suffer much.Pollygarterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10519711639714303756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-39628497855049483212013-02-25T12:07:33.648+01:002013-02-25T12:07:33.648+01:00Great photos and information on the life of owls.
...Great photos and information on the life of owls.<br />It's a shame that most of the barn owl babies don't make it. But then I feel sorry for the voles, too.....being eaten alive like that.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-64977644334999736682013-02-25T11:16:10.507+01:002013-02-25T11:16:10.507+01:00Lovely to see how successfully the barn owl is hun...Lovely to see how successfully the barn owl is hunting. We saw one coming home from Tours on Friday at La Chapelle Blanche, hunting in a field just before sunset. The Long-eared owl is great too. I had no idea they had that orange on the wing. Great observations as ever.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-60003055872991626622013-02-25T11:07:25.430+01:002013-02-25T11:07:25.430+01:00Great shots Tim. We have/had an Owl roosting outsi...Great shots Tim. We have/had an Owl roosting outside the bedroom window but never managed to see what it is. Never ever see it in the day either. Note. I once surveyed (2003) Swaffham Community Hospital along with most other health premises in and around that area. Ahhh the past life... Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-85322826820213527012013-02-24T23:55:48.025+01:002013-02-24T23:55:48.025+01:00Helhoughton... arrr, thart boieee nar Farkenham, t...Helhoughton... arrr, thart boieee nar Farkenham, thart boieee... I used to live near Swarffham... moi brarther still do... you should see his barn owl pix... knock moin into a straw hat! [You can find his pix via my flickr site or where I've credited him on this one!!] He also got a pair of Bitterns at Sculthorpe Hawk and Owl Trust reserve the other week... lucky ess-oh-dee!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373240096673970831.post-91900872617162575392013-02-24T23:18:33.987+01:002013-02-24T23:18:33.987+01:00Fabulous!!
We were treated to a barn owl hunting...Fabulous!! <br /><br />We were treated to a barn owl hunting the field in front of a cottage we rented [one October 1/2 term] at Helhoughton in Norfolk. It was wonderful to see it quartering the field in the late evening light.Niall & Antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699304108340257145noreply@blogger.com