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4 out of 5....
This weekend I ticked off another UK owl species photographed in the last year with the elusive Long Eared Owl. They are currently beating me at hide and seek, but I got this shot through the thick stuff yesterday, atleast as a record! I will go back for hopefully a better shot, as I did today but couldnt find them!
So thats Little Owl, Barny, Tawny and Long eared, leaving just short eared owls to go (Yorkshire/Peak District locations by PM would be gratefully recieved!)
Some of these I''ve posted before, but heres the 4 out of 5 in one post! Hopefully I can add a SEO soon.
LEO Hidden by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Little owl gate by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Barn owl 2 by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Tawny2 by Chris Gash, on Flickr
So thats Little Owl, Barny, Tawny and Long eared, leaving just short eared owls to go (Yorkshire/Peak District locations by PM would be gratefully recieved!)
Some of these I''ve posted before, but heres the 4 out of 5 in one post! Hopefully I can add a SEO soon.
LEO Hidden by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Little owl gate by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Barn owl 2 by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Tawny2 by Chris Gash, on Flickr
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I've never seen a long eared owl. Seen shorties locally and on the moors, and one nearly flew into me when I was fishing a drain in the east!
What about the eagle owl?
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Yeh I know, eagle owls, but of disputed origin. Here naturally from the continent or escapee captive birds? Either way they're here and breeding now, so yes I'd like to see them... Don't be adding snowy owls to the list though!
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Some nice pics there Chris, I’ve never seen a long eared owl but I’ve seen short eared on the Langholm moors which is just over the Scottish border, good place to see hen harriers too and there’s been Golden Eagles seen occasionally
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chrisG wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 14:06 -I thought about mentioning snowy owls!Yeh I know, eagle owls, but of disputed origin. Here naturally from the continent or escapee captive birds? Either way they're here and breeding now, so yes I'd like to see them... Don't be adding snowy owls to the list though!
Wherever they've come from those eagle owls sound like angry birds!
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davelumb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 17:58 -The gamekeepers reckon they nail the grouse...big surprise when their pellets were examined...apparantly buzzards are on their favourite nosh listchrisG wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 14:06 -I thought about mentioning snowy owls!Yeh I know, eagle owls, but of disputed origin. Here naturally from the continent or escapee captive birds? Either way they're here and breeding now, so yes I'd like to see them... Don't be adding snowy owls to the list though!
Wherever they've come from those eagle owls sound like angry birds!
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Kev Berry wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 20:09 -I thought they lived on Jack Russells!davelumb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 17:58 -The gamekeepers reckon they nail the grouse...big surprise when their pellets were examined...apparantly buzzards are on their favourite nosh listchrisG wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 14:06 -I thought about mentioning snowy owls!Yeh I know, eagle owls, but of disputed origin. Here naturally from the continent or escapee captive birds? Either way they're here and breeding now, so yes I'd like to see them... Don't be adding snowy owls to the list though!
Wherever they've come from those eagle owls sound like angry birds!
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davelumb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 20:11 -When I lived near Boston a small T cup yorky was taken by a large bop about 3/4 of a mile down the bank from me, the owner didnt know what it was as it disapeared into the distance with the unlucky mutt dangling from its talons.Kev Berry wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 20:09 -I thought they lived on Jack Russells!davelumb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 17:58 -The gamekeepers reckon they nail the grouse...big surprise when their pellets were examined...apparantly buzzards are on their favourite nosh listchrisG wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 14:06 -I thought about mentioning snowy owls!Yeh I know, eagle owls, but of disputed origin. Here naturally from the continent or escapee captive birds? Either way they're here and breeding now, so yes I'd like to see them... Don't be adding snowy owls to the list though!
Wherever they've come from those eagle owls sound like angry birds!
I had seen a large falcon hanging about at this time but always too far off to identify properly...bigger than a peregrine so possibly a gyr falcon got lost/escaped.
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Kev Berry wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 20:09 -Gamekeeper's reckon everything that moves eats Grouse!davelumb wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 17:58 -The gamekeepers reckon they nail the grouse...big surprise when their pellets were examined...apparantly buzzards are on their favourite nosh listchrisG wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09 2022 14:06 -I thought about mentioning snowy owls!Yeh I know, eagle owls, but of disputed origin. Here naturally from the continent or escapee captive birds? Either way they're here and breeding now, so yes I'd like to see them... Don't be adding snowy owls to the list though!
Wherever they've come from those eagle owls sound like angry birds!
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LEO is still in hiding this morning.... I dont even need him to move far!
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I haven't used the camera for months, but finding a local family (well 2 so far) of little owls prompted me to charge the batteries and get out. So I thought I'd resurrect my owl thread with an update too.... He was even kind enough to give me a variety of backgrounds - i kind oif like the barbed wire/danger ones for something a little different.
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The most common owl in the country is reckoned to be the teat
Nice pics
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chrisG wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06 2023 12:28 -I haven't used the camera for months, but finding a local family (well 2 so far) of little owls prompted me to charge the batteries and get out. So I thought I'd resurrect my owl thread with an update too.... He was even kind enough to give me a variety of backgrounds - i kind oif like the barbed wire/danger ones for something a little different.
Branch owl by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Barbed owl by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Scowl owl by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Post owl by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Hut owl by Chris Gash, on Flickr
Danger owl by Chris Gash, on Flickr
I love the way Little Owls seem to stare at you!
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A pair of long eared ows lived in a fir tree in next doors garden, they appeared on a branch at dusk and when taking off would fly just pass my bedroom window, absolutly wonderfull, spoilt rotten i was, unfortunately tree had to come down as it grew too big and the owls left.
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Brian Carragher wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06 2023 13:41 -would that be the teatowl by any chanceThe most common owl in the country is reckoned to be the teat
Nice pics
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Finally pointed my camera at a pair of short eared owls at the weekend. No usable photos yet, but that sort of makes it 5/5! (Had a good days fishing too)
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chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 17:20 -We`ve missed the SEOs this winter, always showing the day before we go, or the day after. Doesnt help when the poor birds are harassed by groups of up to 30 people whenever they turn up. They dont seem to settle in one area as a result and have been hard to pin down. Years back they`d hit an area and stay put all winter - you could set your watch by their appearance.Finally pointed my camera at a pair of short eared owls at the weekend. No usable photos yet, but that sort of makes it 5/5! (Had a good days fishing too)
Was out this afternoon checking a local little owl site and got a reply to a territorial call playback, so although we didnt see the bird in question, we know theres at least one present so far. Can`t recall ever seeing one in the flesh so looking forward to seeing how things go this spring.
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This is a pair in a completely new location, as far as I'm aware, Mark. So no crowds! I was put onto them after a dog walker friend spotted them but didn't know what they were.
Good luck with the little fellas, great characters.
Good luck with the little fellas, great characters.
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chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 23:40 -The perfect situation mate, hope you get the shots youre afterThis is a pair in a completely new location, as far as I'm aware, Mark. So no crowds! I was put onto them after a dog walker friend spotted them but didn't know what they were.
Good luck with the little fellas, great characters.
I`ll be happy just being able to observe the little owls if all goes to plan. Any photos will be a bonus
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They're lovely birds. Good luck getting some shots.
Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 22:39 -Back in 2012 there was a congregation of easily accessible SEOs near me for a while. I went for a look and they were great to watch, but the antics of the assembled snappers were more my kind of thing by then. These two almost fell over each other when one flew behind them!chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 17:20 -We`ve missed the SEOs this winter, always showing the day before we go, or the day after. Doesnt help when the poor birds are harassed by groups of up to 30 people whenever they turn up. They dont seem to settle in one area as a result and have been hard to pin down. Years back they`d hit an area and stay put all winter - you could set your watch by their appearance.Finally pointed my camera at a pair of short eared owls at the weekend. No usable photos yet, but that sort of makes it 5/5! (Had a good days fishing too)
Was out this afternoon checking a local little owl site and got a reply to a territorial call playback, so although we didnt see the bird in question, we know theres at least one present so far. Can`t recall ever seeing one in the flesh so looking forward to seeing how things go this spring.
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Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 23:57 -chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 23:40 -The perfect situation mate, hope you get the shots youre afterThis is a pair in a completely new location, as far as I'm aware, Mark. So no crowds! I was put onto them after a dog walker friend spotted them but didn't know what they were.
Good luck with the little fellas, great characters.
I`ll be happy just being able to observe the little owls if all goes to plan. Any photos will be a bonus
Remember a talk by Jemima Parry Jones on the little Owl, there was talk that as an insect eating bird, they would emerge as a species highly likely to succeed to populate in huge numbers across the UK, (this was in 1990's) we would see little Owls on top of lamp posts/Telegraph posts along roads in big numbers, then the population crashed and we never see them anymore.
Can only think the lack of insects or invertebrates has played its role.
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davelumb wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14 2024 10:05 -I remember those from your blogThey're lovely birds. Good luck getting some shots.
Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 22:39 -Back in 2012 there was a congregation of easily accessible SEOs near me for a while. I went for a look and they were great to watch, but the antics of the assembled snappers were more my kind of thing by then.chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 17:20 -We`ve missed the SEOs this winter, always showing the day before we go, or the day after. Doesnt help when the poor birds are harassed by groups of up to 30 people whenever they turn up. They dont seem to settle in one area as a result and have been hard to pin down. Years back they`d hit an area and stay put all winter - you could set your watch by their appearance.Finally pointed my camera at a pair of short eared owls at the weekend. No usable photos yet, but that sort of makes it 5/5! (Had a good days fishing too)
Was out this afternoon checking a local little owl site and got a reply to a territorial call playback, so although we didnt see the bird in question, we know theres at least one present so far. Can`t recall ever seeing one in the flesh so looking forward to seeing how things go this spring.
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These two almost fell over each other when one flew behind them!
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Up until last summer there was a pretty well known little owl site at one of the farms along the coast a bit further north from me. The owls nested in an old barn with access through one of the side walls. The farmer got so fed up with twitchers/photographers constantly trespassing and blocking vehicle access, that he blocked the entry points up in the barn after the young owls had fledged, and the owls subsequently moved on. We only found out about it recently, but given the situation we`d probably have stayed away anyway so as not to add to the farmers grief.
Up here, the twitchers/photographers chase each others tails constantly when something interesting turns up, with no regard to the animals themselves. Theyre more like sheep than the Lonks you photograph mate
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Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14 2024 12:33 -Leave sheep out of it!davelumb wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14 2024 10:05 -I remember those from your blogThey're lovely birds. Good luck getting some shots.
Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 22:39 -Back in 2012 there was a congregation of easily accessible SEOs near me for a while. I went for a look and they were great to watch, but the antics of the assembled snappers were more my kind of thing by then.chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 17:20 -We`ve missed the SEOs this winter, always showing the day before we go, or the day after. Doesnt help when the poor birds are harassed by groups of up to 30 people whenever they turn up. They dont seem to settle in one area as a result and have been hard to pin down. Years back they`d hit an area and stay put all winter - you could set your watch by their appearance.Finally pointed my camera at a pair of short eared owls at the weekend. No usable photos yet, but that sort of makes it 5/5! (Had a good days fishing too)
Was out this afternoon checking a local little owl site and got a reply to a territorial call playback, so although we didnt see the bird in question, we know theres at least one present so far. Can`t recall ever seeing one in the flesh so looking forward to seeing how things go this spring.
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These two almost fell over each other when one flew behind them!
DSC_3122.jpg
Up until last summer there was a pretty well known little owl site at one of the farms along the coast a bit further north from me. The owls nested in an old barn with access through one of the side walls. The farmer got so fed up with twitchers/photographers constantly trespassing and blocking vehicle access, that he blocked the entry points up in the barn after the young owls had fledged, and the owls subsequently moved on. We only found out about it recently, but given the situation we`d probably have stayed away anyway so as not to add to the farmers grief.
Up here, the twitchers/photographers chase each others tails constantly when something interesting turns up, with no regard to the animals themselves. Theyre more like sheep than the Lonks you photograph mate
It's the same round here in the twitching fraternity. A lot of the photographers are clueless when it comes to finding their own subjects and just go where they've heard something was seen the day before.
I've not seen a little owl for a few years now. Although I haven't been going to places where I have seen them in the past. There was one that used to perch on a tall lamp post on a dual carriage way. They have an unnerving stare for a small bird!
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Stewlaws wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14 2024 10:32 -That has to play a part in it Stew. Crashes in local vole populations too, can see all the owl species having a hard time. Also the fact the derelict farm buildings which they rely on a lot for nest sites are often removed or rebuilt these days. We`ve located a few potential sites locally for the birds on Google Earth, with perfect old buildings etc, only to find that the buildings have since been renovated or flattened and theyre now unsuitable sites. Barn owls are having a similar hard time in that regard too.Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 23:57 -chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 23:40 -The perfect situation mate, hope you get the shots youre afterThis is a pair in a completely new location, as far as I'm aware, Mark. So no crowds! I was put onto them after a dog walker friend spotted them but didn't know what they were.
Good luck with the little fellas, great characters.
I`ll be happy just being able to observe the little owls if all goes to plan. Any photos will be a bonus
Remember a talk by Jemima Parry Jones on the little Owl, there was talk that as an insect eating bird, they would emerge as a species highly likely to succeed to populate in huge numbers across the UK, (this was in 1990's) we would see little Owls on top of lamp posts/Telegraph posts along roads in big numbers, then the population crashed and we never see them anymore.
Can only think the lack of insects or invertebrates has played its role.
At one site, just a mile from me, building work on an adjacent new housing estate pushed the resident little owls away. I was aware of the owls for a while but was way too busy with work to go check them out, so missed out seeing them. They`ve been gone a fair few years now. Further building work in the same area has displaced most of the roe deer too, and the resident hares.
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davelumb wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14 2024 12:50 -Thats exactly it mate. Just like fishing these days, they want things on a plate and want results with the least amount of effort, and just like fishing, theyre not really doing it for themselves but to impress others and collect likes on FB. Sad people....Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14 2024 12:33 -Leave sheep out of it!davelumb wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14 2024 10:05 -I remember those from your blogThey're lovely birds. Good luck getting some shots.
Mark_Houghton wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 22:39 -Back in 2012 there was a congregation of easily accessible SEOs near me for a while. I went for a look and they were great to watch, but the antics of the assembled snappers were more my kind of thing by then.chrisG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13 2024 17:20 -We`ve missed the SEOs this winter, always showing the day before we go, or the day after. Doesnt help when the poor birds are harassed by groups of up to 30 people whenever they turn up. They dont seem to settle in one area as a result and have been hard to pin down. Years back they`d hit an area and stay put all winter - you could set your watch by their appearance.Finally pointed my camera at a pair of short eared owls at the weekend. No usable photos yet, but that sort of makes it 5/5! (Had a good days fishing too)
Was out this afternoon checking a local little owl site and got a reply to a territorial call playback, so although we didnt see the bird in question, we know theres at least one present so far. Can`t recall ever seeing one in the flesh so looking forward to seeing how things go this spring.
DSC_3054.jpg
These two almost fell over each other when one flew behind them!
DSC_3122.jpg
Up until last summer there was a pretty well known little owl site at one of the farms along the coast a bit further north from me. The owls nested in an old barn with access through one of the side walls. The farmer got so fed up with twitchers/photographers constantly trespassing and blocking vehicle access, that he blocked the entry points up in the barn after the young owls had fledged, and the owls subsequently moved on. We only found out about it recently, but given the situation we`d probably have stayed away anyway so as not to add to the farmers grief.
Up here, the twitchers/photographers chase each others tails constantly when something interesting turns up, with no regard to the animals themselves. Theyre more like sheep than the Lonks you photograph mate
It's the same round here in the twitching fraternity. A lot of the photographers are clueless when it comes to finding their own subjects and just go where they've heard something was seen the day before.
I've not seen a little owl for a few years now. Although I haven't been going to places where I have seen them in the past. There was one that used to perch on a tall lamp post on a dual carriage way. They have an unnerving stare for a small bird!
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Little owls are the easiest to find round here! I know of 2 definite sites within 10 minutes of home and another 3 a little further afield.
I'd assume tawny's are the most numerous but their nocturnal habits make them more difficult.
I'd assume tawny's are the most numerous but their nocturnal habits make them more difficult.