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tawny owl 26-2-2017 plus a few other bits

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tawny owl 26-2-2017 plus a few other bits

Post by andygolfer » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:34 pm

I saw reports of tawny owls nearby so went off early this morning to try to see them, only saw one of the two reported but that was quite pleasing anyway:
Imagetawny owl, braintree 26-02-2017 8132 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

also a dunnock which posed nicely:
Imagedunnockl, braintree 26-02-2017 8252 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and some from Friday when I went in search of water rails at Southend , they were elusive but got in a bit of practice:
Imageteal southchurch park 24-02-2017 7741 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagemute swan southchurch park 24-02-2017 7754 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagelesser black backed gulll southchurch park 24-02-2017 7757 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagecoot southchurch park 24-02-2017 7751 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and then it was off to wallasea island in search of Short Eared owls and hen harriers, saw several but all at a long distance apart from this one which crept up from behind me :mad:
Imageshort eared owl wallasea island 24-02-2017 7815 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a couple of others, meadow pipit followed by a mistle thrush
Imagemeadow pipit wallasea island 24-02-2017 7771 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Imagemistle thrush wallasea island 24-02-2017 7767 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

hope they are of interest

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Re: tawny owl 26-2-2017 plus a few other bits

Post by PorkScratching » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:26 pm

Love the tawney owl shot! As mentioned already, seeing a hen harrier must have been fantastic, and the short eared owls too.

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